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"We want Europe to assert its ambition in crewed spaceflight," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Central Command, a significant escalation as the fight to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz intensifies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

West asserts that Gilkar and Ahmed pressured her to terminate the pregnancy; Gilkar and Ahmed assert that West initially agreed that termination would be best and even made an appointment before changing her mind.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Again Machado Garry survived until the end of the round and although he found some success with a number of kicks midway through the fight, Makhachev continued to assert control when the pair grappled.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

I know poetry is not dead, nor genius lost; nor has Mammon gained power over either, to bind or slay: they will both assert their existence, their presence, their liberty and strength again one day.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

“East of the River” asserts her love of women, starting with her mom, an immigrant born in Uruapan, Michoacán.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Customers weren't "ready" for robot-made pizza, he asserts.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

But like its creator, Schoenbrun’s film asserts that media can be integral to personal identity.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

West asserts that Gilkar and Ahmed pressured her to terminate the pregnancy; Gilkar and Ahmed assert that West initially agreed that termination would be best and even made an appointment before changing her mind.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

In spirit, it asserts solidarity with the “least of these among us.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The Smithsonian asserted it had control over personnel matters, but Sajet later resigned, citing the museum's best interests.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

He made plain in his book that the triumph of Western liberal democracy was far from complete, even as he asserted that it was the high point of mankind’s ideological evolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

He also asserted he was the only prime minister to have made an official visit to Ceuta while in office, having travelled there on 31 July as the crisis took hold.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The trust relied on the injury asserted by Alison Hoagland, one of its members.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

If we were serious about bringing in minority lawyers, I asserted, we’d have to look more holistically at candidates.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

All of them have top-flight or international experience, as well as physicality to their game, but even those additions did little to prevent Arsenal from asserting their superiority on Friday night.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

But President Claudia Sheinbaum refused to comply, asserting that U.S. authorities did not provide sufficient proof of his alleged crimes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The ICC expressed concern over those withdrawals, asserting that such countries risked undermining the collective pursuit of justice.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

“People wait their whole life to find their calling,” Casey’s teacher tells her about the scholarship, asserting that a natural fluency in science means it must be her destiny.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

Robert started to reassure her, asserting that he had known a lady who had subsisted upon nougat during the entire—but seeing the color mount into Mrs. Pontellier’s face he checked himself and changed the subject.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin