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

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

“The government totally could assert itself and implement safeguards.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

The suit sets up a fight over how artists will assert power over their identities in the messy rise of AI music.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The prime minister said on Monday that King Felipe VI would visit Ceuta "as soon as conditions allow", seen as an attempt to assert Spanish authority over the exclave.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

On the one hand conservationists and many wildlife biologists assert that the losses have been severe and in some cases even catastrophic.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

“Chronovisor,” a pleasurably hand-crafted curio, firmly asserts that the sensorial possibilities of film can seem infinite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Here, Fennell asserts that rape culture is our culture, that patriarchy and misogyny seep through the cracks of every single surface.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Golden also asserts that Oxford and Travis were covering for the original suspect, Jeramy Roebuck.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Citing the biblical book of Esther, in which a principled young woman surrounded by hatred for Jews asserts her identity to save her people, Ms. Horn makes it clear that we are at a crossroads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

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

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

“So correct me if I’m wrong. There’s also people who don’t want to” become citizens, Hilton asserted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Yousef Pezeshkian, the president’s son and adviser, asserted in August, “Our survival does not depend on enrichment. We won’t die if we don’t enrich uranium.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

But the Spanish second seed asserted his authority to win 4-6 6-0 6-3 6-2 against world number 72 Faria in the New York night session.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

What secret, self-destructive part of herself had asserted its will over her?

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

This is roughly analogous to me asserting that running headfirst into a telephone pole at a full sprint will not affect my health because I do not “intend” to concuss myself.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Maresca acknowledged to reporters in pre-season that City's former boss would be referenced on a regular basis, but batted that particular narrative away by asserting "it doesn't put pressure on me".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

OpenAI filed a legal response asserting that Apple filed a baseless trade secret theft lawsuit to hamper OpenAI’s recruiting and stall its AI work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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

He began by goading his audience of Korean immigrants and their American-raised adult children, asserting that Kim Jong II was worse than Hitler.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden