Example Sentences

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The 23-year-old American has been claiming "I'm not back, I'm better" to all who doubted her.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2023

“The nuclear industry has been claiming that small modular reactors … are the wave of the future and are essential in the fight against climate change,” report co-author David Schlissel said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2022

But amid those challenges, the McAuliffe campaign has been claiming momentum, heightened by a significant uptick in voting last week in key Northern Virginia suburbs.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2021

Fox has been claiming he was "cancelled" in the U.K. after being dropped by his agents at Artists Right Group.

From Fox News • Sep. 23, 2021

At a meeting of one of the leading ministerial associations of New England, at which the writer was present, the speaker of the day declared that the church has been claiming too much for itself.

From To Infidelity and Back by Lutz, Henry F. (Henry Frey)