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claimed

  • past participle of claim.
  • past tense form of claim.

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Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson once claimed, external that 14-year-old Ravel Morrison was the most talented youngster he had seen at the club since Paul Scholes.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Charli XCX might be hoping the release of her new album sets off another Brat summer, but many believe the season has already been claimed by a furrier force - Jimothy.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

He claimed the department sought to make an example of him because he refused to implicate his superiors in wrongdoing.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Oil prices climbed to close to $100 a barrel on Thursday after Yemen’s Houthi militants claimed attacks on two Saudi Arabian tankers in the Red Sea.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 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