claim to fame

KFARAKKA, Lebanon — In normal times, you’d rarely hear of Kfarakka, a hamlet nestled in the lush green mountains of north Lebanon whose primary claim to fame is that it’s the country’s top olive oil producer.

I didn't have an adopted name or an address beyond the city where my sister had last lived — a run-down New England town whose primary claim to fame is its crime rate.

It’s kind of a funny thing to folks out here in Littlerock that their recent claim to fame consists of a high school boy accused of poisoning his teacher by lacing her Diet Pepsi with cleaning fluid.

“His claim to fame was the quality of his work and his dedication to journalism,” said Gutiérrez.

During his second term, he was recruited by the NRA to join a lawsuit against the United States over the Brady bill, and this is where he began his claim to fame.