claim

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After the four-day civil hearing, Circuit Court Judge Eugene C. Griffith Jr. said Boyd’s self-defense claim wasn’t credible, and he ruled that Boyd wasn’t entitled to civil and criminal immunity under the state’s stand-your-ground law.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Marketers also claim thymosin-alpha, one of the more studied peptides, can help with immune function, Lyme disease and COVID-19.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

From Parsi philanthropists and Maharashtrian nobility to mill workers and marginalised migrant settlers, the photographs showcase the city's many faces that stake a claim to the making of Bombay.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Farmers were therefore allowed to declare land owned elsewhere in the country to claim subsidies.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

These stories spread the false claim that Slave Power agents had derailed the President’s train and killed his son, Bennie.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock