asserts

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Harron asserts that Solanas’ actions were not the result of a brief, blind rage, but of a chronic discontent — a state of mind that looks all the more familiar two decades later.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

“The Los Angeles that asserts itself from the shadows of that spectacle, a concept that sharpens this contrast between how the dream factory depicts it, and the reality of life within the actual place.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Sotomayor, who is clearly sympathetic to Reed’s argument, asserts that it has never been given fair consideration.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

In the first pages of “Returning,” Mr. Lemann asserts his identification with Jack Burden, the narrator of Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 political novel, “All the King’s Men.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

“You’re hiding something,” Autumn asserts with eyes of steel.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer