How to Use claimer in a Sentence
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For the claimers, such events are items to check off the list.
—Chuck Palahniuk, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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Give him the edge in what looks like a wide open maiden claimer.
—Mike Battaglia, The Courier-Journal, 14 Sep. 2017
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Six of the eight races are for claimers and there are three down-the-hill turf races.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 25 May 2018
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There is one more turf race on the card, the fifth, a claimer also down the hill.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 13 Apr. 2018
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There are three turf races on the card, six races are claimers and four of the races are for maidens.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
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There are two turf races, three for maidens and four of the races are strictly for claimers.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019
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Three of the races are restricted to Cal-breds and three races are claimers.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 8 June 2018
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We might be inclined to stick around more often for that cheap maiden claimer that wraps up a card.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2020
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No Cover Charge’s wins came in a maiden-claimer and starter allowance.
—Larry Stumes, SFChronicle.com, 23 Oct. 2019
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There is one allowance/optional claimer, three maiden specials and the rest are all claimers.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2020
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The horse is protected as well in this optional claimer race in a sign of optimism.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 14 June 2019
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The horse had won two of nine races, including her previous one, a starter optional claimer.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021
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The feature is the fourth, a mile on the turf, an allowance/optional claimer, for horses 4 and up.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 29 Mar. 2018
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The feature is the seventh, a one-mile allowance/optional claimer for 3-year-olds and up.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 6 July 2018
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Papa Mambo, the meet’s only five-time winner, was voted top claimer.
—Scott Hanson, The Seattle Times, 24 Sep. 2018
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The seventh race is an allowance/optional claimer and the eighth is a 10-horse maiden special weight.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 13 July 2019
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The feature on Sunday a mile allowance/optional claimer for fillies and mares going a mile on the turf.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2021
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Victor Turner would love to put claimers under his magnifying glass.
—Chuck Palahniuk, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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The seventh is the aforementioned allowance optional claimer and the eighth is a maiden special weight.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 29 Sep. 2017
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The 5-year-old gelding is four-of-11 lifetime and is coming off a win in an allowance/optional claimer.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2021
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The feature is probably the seventh, a one-mile allowance/optional claimer for horses 3 and up.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 24 May 2018
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The feature on Friday was an allowance/optional claimer for 3-year-old Cal-breds going six furlongs on the turf.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2021
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The feature is likely the seventh, and allowance/optional claimer going 1 1/16 miles on the dirt.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 11 May 2018
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The bad news is that the race was an optional claimer and Peter Miller grabbed the 4-year-old for Rockingham Ranch.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 29 June 2018
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That makes pre-FRA Roth withdrawals a cleaner source of supplemental cash flow for early claimers who are still working.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
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Evading the police during SantaCon seems like small potatoes compared to dodging the social-media claimers.
—Chuck Palahniuk, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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