stake a claim in a sentence

Examples

1. Louis was also entertaining an ambition to stake a claim to the Kingdom of Naples.
2. Both sides continued to try to win territory on the battlefield to stake a claim.
3. Arriving too late to stake a claim, Choquette found work as a mucker or panner.
4. Dole had staked a claim to past years of glory, stressing his seasoning and wisdom.
5. By the early 1920s Angel Castro had staked a claim to a 50-acre plot in Biran.
6. Kesri did not immediately say whether Congress would stake a claim to form the next government.
7. The change would also inform potential rivals that someone had already staked a claim, Kirk said.
8. They staked a claim and established a mine.
9. The good news is that they haven't staked a claim to Missouri or Kansas _ yet.
10. By this time he decided the rush to stake a claim in the Klondike was over.