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claim

[kleym] / kleɪm /




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So he was invited to spring training the following year to audition and he beat out two others to claim the job.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2026

Families with a baby under 12 months old can claim £9.30 a week as part of the NHS Health Start scheme.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

“Germany wants to claim leadership; it isn’t always making great efforts in keeping its partners happy,” he added.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

The men purchased their Reese’s at Publix but used prices from Walmart, Target and Hershey’s online store to support their claim, according to Reuters.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

I have plenty of time to hydrate, claim a good spot near the starting line, and get in the zone.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

To make sense of these claims, I reached out to Zeke Faux, the author of Number Go Up and a journalist who has been chronicling Bitcoin’s rise and fall and rise for years.

From Slate Sep. 20, 2026

But the Fair Games Coalition claims she responded to their requests to meet and discuss their concerns by resigning.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2026

They have been forced to rent out the property with a special "consent-to-let" agreement with their housing association - although this is due to expire imminently and James claims Newlon will not renew it.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

Damian dismissed an earlier version of the complaint in September 2025 but allowed the plaintiffs to amend their claims.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

Texas is admitted as the twenty-eighth state, a slave state, even though Mexico still claims Texas as its territory.

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

In 2024 the District of Columbia sued him for tax fraud in a case Saylor settled for $40 million, making it the largest recovery the city has ever claimed.

From Slate Sep. 20, 2026

He was diagnosed with NAION, which eventually claimed two-thirds of his vision in his left eye.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

Rios was not charged in connection with the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of a pilot, an NBC4 reporter and a bystander.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

The Daily Star headlines on King Charles being allegedly "giddily elated like a lottery winner" when he him called about Diana's death, her brother, Earl Spencer, claimed in the book.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

He claimed that he had started out of the city late so that the rising moon would light his way.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

“They missed the shift to the cloud and now they are trying to make up for lost time by claiming relevance in AI.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

This strategy is classic “whataboutism,” which is defined as “the act or practice of responding to an accusation of wrongdoing by claiming that an offense committed by another is similar or worse.”

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

Match of the Day pundits Ashley Williams and Thomas Frank both said Sunderland should not have been awarded a penalty, claiming that Arsenal should have had a free-kick.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

If someone calls claiming to be from a bank, hang up and call the bank yourself using the number on your statement or card.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Despite all the crazy of the last few months, everything I’ve been working for is finally within my grasp, and I’m not going to let anyone or anything get in my way of claiming it.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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