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It remains to be seen whether Asher-Smith will choose to join Hunt in that event, which would give her the chance to assert herself as the outright most successful athlete in championship history.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

The two young admirals, many assert, enjoyed meteoric career rises thanks to family patronage: They are nephews of a former secretary of the navy, José Rafael Ojeda Durán.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

A move to increase rates as a way to assert credibility relies on logic that New York Fed President John Williams, the vice chair of the rate-setting committee, rejected earlier this month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

"The time has come for us to assert our rights and re-establish labour-management relations on an equal footing," it added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

The instincts of the military wife were beginning to assert themselves, the old efficiency of stealing away from temporary homes and entering the bloodstream of highways heading to new quarters.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Tennis “appears uniquely designed to double as an MRI of the soul,” he asserts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Lee asserts that the recent poor reactions to earnings beats by technology companies don’t reflect that profit prospects are priced in, but instead that the broader market is merely enduring a period of nervousness.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

In the A.I. age, Maggie Hennessy asserts, sparring with a grouchy maître d’ over the phone is part of what makes dining out great.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

But what’s remarkable is that, although the movie is a tale of political conspiracy and violent machinations, De Palma correctly asserts that these things are not exclusive to those in the highest seats of power.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

“Your aunt and Candace will meet each other—another time,” Dad asserts.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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

President Trump has asserted that the new ballroom is needed to "accommodate people for grand parties, State Visits", and has also said that it is "vital for National Security".

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 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

It “seems to me a fine time to be alive, in this age of falling walls,” she asserted.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

The accompanying story asserted that an unnamed eastern college had approached Bolles just hours after the freshman race.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

At the time, a Romney spokesman defended the holding by asserting that the tax treatment of his IRA “is the same for Gov. Romney as it is for every citizen of the U.S.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Most of Wall Street’s midcap narratives boil down to nothing more than asserting that such stocks are neither too big nor too little but “just right.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

People have to get more comfortable with asserting things that they believe to be true about the Constitution, right?

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

Xi concentrated key policymaking powers into his own hands during his first two terms as party leader, asserting personal control over everything from economic planning to national security.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

The occasional dissenter accuses me of betraying my fellow officers and being a rat, asserting that “what goes on in corrections should stay in corrections.”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover