Claim and Try

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Claim verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.

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Try and claim are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Claim".

Nearby Words: claimed, claiming, claimant

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Claim and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Claim" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

old	old claim	old try
good	good claim	good try
special	special claim	special try
best	best claim	best try
Other adjectives: common, many, reasonable, single, small, actual, entire, real, big, weak, decent, major, general, former, final, next, last, previous.

power	claim power	try power
life	claim life	try life
name	claim name	try name
control	claim control	try control
Other words: time, world, money, nothing, powers, lives.

However, he murdered a previous deputy in order to try and claim the position, which only the young hero Fireheart and his two best friends know.

Source: Villain with Good Publicity
Lesson learned for Tegan; never try and claim you know more about history than a time traveller.

Source: Historical Villain Upgrade
She returns a few years later to try and claim Seahn again, but doesn't succeed, thanks to Trenin.

Source: Comic Book / The First

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