claim
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One claim has yet to be settled according to the RCM.
From BBC β Oct. 13, 2026
Reams of videos on TikTok offer tips on how to claim.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 12, 2026
He will claim that if he could secure that then "the vast majority of the public would expect us to take it".
From BBC β Oct. 12, 2026
In Walton, a Liverpool suburb that ranks as one of Britain’s most deprived neighborhoods, around 1 in 2 households claim welfare, and 1 in 5 working-age residents claim PIP.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 12, 2026
She could claim to be royalty and no one would question it, as long as she wore that ring!
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
NHS Resolution, which manages legal claims and compensation cases on behalf of the NHS in England, confirmed the payouts.
From BBC β Oct. 13, 2026
Basildon Hospital in Essex settled claims from 121 staff, including 85 midwives, who took legal action after reporting fatigue, anxiety, headaches and "brain fog" after the gas levels breached safety limits.
From BBC β Oct. 13, 2026
After Art of Play’s response, Clarkson doubled down on her claims on Instagram with photos disputing the shop’s statement and detailing what she recalled of their interaction.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 12, 2026
Meta on Monday unveiled two new "frontier" artificial intelligence models called Wonder and Wonder Full, which the company claims perform at a level comparable to that of OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude.
From Barron's β Oct. 12, 2026
One of Merton’s fundamental claims about science is that scientific knowledge is public knowledge—knowledge that has been made available for others to question, test and dispute.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
A lawyer for the residents' group claimed the commission's decision was flawed over how it weighed up the potential for disorder if the parade was permitted.
From BBC β Oct. 12, 2026
Ortiz said her husband pursued that avenue, signing an application a year ago that claimed he suffered psychologically during the couple’s split.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 11, 2026
In July 2025, the former couple’s breakup once again spilled into the public eye when Bryan shared screenshots of messages he claimed LaPaglia had sent after their romance ended.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 9, 2026
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and his allies on Friday claimed an easy victory in the union’s election, cementing Fain’s leadership of one of the most powerful forces in American organized labor.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 9, 2026
And the prince knew so long as the young king wore that ring, whatever power he claimed to grant would be meaningless.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
“You get knocked back and then the only way you can support yourself is by claiming benefits,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 12, 2026
Most painful for the Chargers is that they came tantalizingly close to winning, claiming their first lead in the third quarter only to hand it back with three consecutive drive-killing turnovers in the fourth.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 11, 2026
The pair have asked a US judge to dismiss the charges against them, claiming they have immunity as president and first lady of a sovereign country.
From Barron's β Oct. 8, 2026
The 33-year-old apologised in June - claiming he was unaware the practice was banned and that it had no impact on his team's performances - but the FA took action.
From BBC β Oct. 7, 2026
From what she’d seen on television, guilty people usually started off claiming to be innocent.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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