claiming

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Another option would be for your wife to delay claiming until age 67, which is her Full Retirement Age.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Enfield Council sought to evict Toby Carvery over what it described as serious breaches of its lease, claiming the tree was felled without the council's knowledge or consent.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

And within months of returning to office in 2025, he was already claiming that he had ended eight wars.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Hardly a week passes now without Beijing’s disciplinary apparatus claiming another senior official—military commanders, civilian bureaucrats, retired provincial party bosses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The fate of this maiden was another example of the danger of claiming equality with the gods in anything whatsoever.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton