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How to pronounce lay claim in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms arrogate, claim
Type of request, bespeak, call for, ask for, quest
Has types arrogate, assign, requisition, pretend
Verb group take, claim

Examples of lay claim

lay claim
Senate Democrats who lay claim to be environmentalists should have embraced him.
From the sacbee.com
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan also lay claim to parts of the sea.
From the guardian.co.uk
Janvey is also attempting to lay claim to about $335 million in foreign accounts.
From the chron.com
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the U.S. can lay claim to that title.
From the time.com
If the Greens grew five per cent further, then they could lay claim to top job.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Both Kurds and Armenians lay claim on the same piece of land in Eastern Turkey.
From the guardian.co.uk
Rudin can lay claim to a real expertise on questions of prosecutorial misconduct.
From the nytimes.com
At stake in this struggle was the right to lay claim to Sun's ambiguous legacy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Without an agreement with Lebanon, he said Hezbollah could lay claim to the area.
From the sacbee.com