claimed

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If he claimed that you never lose money, he’s probably talking about either fixed-rate annuities or fixed-indexed annuities, which are often marketed with this kind of “you can’t go wrong” sales pitch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

Belov claimed that after walking away, he was still being "disrespected" so he turned around and went back to the group.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Mary doesn’t know her biological father, but she was claimed by a Pomo head man and raised by one of his girlfriends, a loyal if embittered woman named Saturnina.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Cipriani claimed Shell turned to him for protection against potential bad publicity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Many of them claimed that other men, possibly Jefferson’s nephews, might have been the fathers of these children.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis