asserted

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on April 3, the State Department asserted that they were the Iranian general’s grand-niece and niece.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Presented with a detailed list of this article’s findings, Rachel Cauley, the OMB’s communications director, asserted that “this story is false because it speculates about policies that have not yet been decided.”

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

Musk's legal team highlighted a 2017 entry in Brockman's personal journal reasoning that it would be lying if Altman publicly asserted OpenAI would stay a nonprofit but became a corporation a short time later.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

Mr. Fair asserted that “there is no question that what we learned from informants saved lives.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Devon is sometimes considered the most beautiful school in New England, and even on this dismal afternoon its power was asserted.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles