Example Sentences

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Claiming that Rubio is “just an earnestly funny person” and as an afterthought adding, “JD was spectacular.”

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

Duffy and Yue Li, an associate professor of economics at the State University of New York at Albany, co-authored a new study, “Early Social Security Claiming and Slow Asset Decumulation: Experimental Evidence.“

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Claiming his third and fourth with back-to-back wins at the Open Championship and US PGA Championship in 2014 led to giddy thoughts of what he might go on to achieve.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Claiming afterward that she had only been thinking before speaking made the original goof worse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Claiming a Communist plot, Hitler declared a national emergency.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti