lay claim to
Example Sentences
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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
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
They also generally had no income of their own, because their parents lay claim to any wages they earned for work.
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025
As usual, Fabyan tried to lay claim to his work, calling it Riverbank Publication No. 22, but its insights were William’s alone.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
