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One of the few stocks that can lay claim to outperforming Nvidia has done it again.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

He told senior U.S. officials that if his company couldn’t pump oil in Venezuela, China would do so instead and lay claim to the region’s oil riches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Whichever nation establishes a presence there first could lay claim to the region for themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025

A row has broken out between two German states, Bavaria and Thuringia, as to who can lay claim to inventing the Bratwurst sausage.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025

No one, it seemed, was sure where Nuer land ended and Dinka land began, so each tribe tried to lay claim to the areas richest in water.

From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park




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