Sentence examples for staking claim from inspiring English sources

Everybody saves them, staking claim with towels and paperbacks.

"Does staking claim to land justify national ownership?" asks another exhibit, devoted to the exploration of Lewis and Clark.

The Cayugas are staking claim to a 64,000-acre wishbone at the northern tip of Cayuga Lake.

Making a fuss over the weather in New York may also be a way of staking claim to bragging rights.

For its part, the government signaled that it could pursue hefty penalties, staking claim to "any and all assets" of SAC.

The latter title served to justify his rule over Turko-Mongol pastoral nomads, thus staking claim to simultaneous rule over China and Inner Asia.

But others were staking claims in opera contemporaneously with Ms. Anderson, and even before her.

No wonder opera companies keep staking claims to this, more than any other of his works.

And there is an advantage to getting there first and staking claims.

As the campaign for social networking domination grows online, Internet companies are taking sides and staking claims.

Despite overall sluggish sales for musical instruments, at least three superstore chains are staking claims on the sector.