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  • A city of southern California east of Los Angeles. It is the site of the associated Claremont Colleges.

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Examples

  • CLAREMONT (AP) - Parents of children at St. Mary School in Claremont are angry that the state's Roman Catholic Diocese plans to close the school in June.

    Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news 2009

  • CLAREMONT - Over 300 justice activists detained Republican mastermind Karl Rove for over an hour yesterday in Claremont, demanding he be brought to justice for crimes against humanity, democracy, and general moral sensibility.

    LA IMC 2008

  • CLAREMONT - Over 300 justice activists detained Republican mastermind Karl Rove for over an hour yesterday in Claremont, demanding he be brought to justice for crimes against humanity, democracy, and general moral sensibility.

    LA IMC Rockero 2008

  • CLAREMONT - Longtime Claremont resident and Cal Poly Pomona associate professor emeritus

    Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Most Viewed 2010

  • Architect George B. Post, famous for designing the New York Stock Exchange building, built this grand estate known as the Claremont, which is situated on 70 acres atop Bernardsville Mountain in Somerset County, N.J.

    Somerset County's NYSE Descendent 2011

  • Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., costs about $53,600 to attend annually.

    America's Most Expensive Colleges Brian Wingfield 2010

  • For Ms. Fiorina, the hospitalization could worry some undecided voters who might be concerned about her overall health, said John Pitney Jr., a political-science professor at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif.

    Fiorina Campaign Gets Interrupted by Hospitalization Jim Carlton 2010

  • Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., costs about $53,600 to attend annually.

    America's Most Expensive Colleges Brian Wingfield 2010

  • In addition to that incident at the Veterans Day ceremony in Claremont in which Phillips was wearing a Navy Cross — the service's second highest decoration for valor — he was also charged with wearing a Navy recruiter's uniform complete with SEAL insignia and attending the

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • Veterans Day ceremonies in Claremont as a Navy lieutenant with decorations including the Navy Cross, the Navy's second-highest honor, according to U.S. Attorney Thomas Colantuono.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

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