asserted
Example Sentences
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But as the conflict has worn on, and Tehran has asserted control it didn’t have before over global energy flows in the strait, his priorities appear to have shifted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
"No vote in an international organisation can change history," he asserted.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The payments are due to begin in 2027, "in exchange for a full release of all claims the US states and territories asserted against it and its affiliates", the Basel-based group said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Standing outside that Dallas theater five decades ago, Patti Burns asserted that “no one knows exactly what makes a movie a hit.”
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
In its first volume, Bethe asserted that K-capture was “practically unobservable.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
