Sentence examples for claimed authority from inspiring English sources

The U.S. has claimed authority to bomb ISIS in Syria under the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force by claiming that ISIS is an offshoot of al Qaeda.

Holder's speech does not materially limit that claimed authority.

The European Union has now claimed authority over the country, and the United States has yielded.

In an interview with Breitbart radio in November 2015, Trump claimed authority on the terrorist leader.

Right before publication certain people in the C.I.A. claimed authority over the entire manuscript — putting the book through "double jeopardy" of an unheard-of second full review.

At a minimum, we cannot have a serious debate about this critical issue unless the government is more forthcoming in defining the limits of its claimed authority.

Iran's media has claimed authorities have arrested a spy working for British intelligence agency MI6.

Details around the alleged threat are unclear, but the official claimed authorities' concerns were heightened by MPs decision on Wednesday night to extend air strikes over Syria.

Both the Nationalists and Communists claim authority over all of China, including Taiwan.

Like church authorities claiming to speak for God, environmentalists claim authority by speaking for nature and translating what the Earth is "telling" us.

Pegler, in an early column, had written, "I claim authority to speak for the rabble because I am a member of the rabble in good standing".