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West asserts that Gilkar and Ahmed pressured her to terminate the pregnancy; Gilkar and Ahmed assert that West initially agreed that termination would be best and even made an appointment before changing her mind.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

Nolan attempts to assert the text’s relevancy in our contemporary age, but that’s not something any scholar or even the average reader would contest.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

A growing chorus of critics assert that AI companies participating in that spending will struggle to justify today’s investments, much less the even bigger outlays planned for the coming years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

He seemed to have moved beyond his need to assert so adamantly his autonomy, his need to separate himself from his parents.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Pacific Coast Energy is negotiating to operate Venezuelan oil fields that the prominent Cisneros family asserts it rightfully owns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Lee also asserts that the recent poor reactions to technology earning beats don’t reflect that profit prospects are priced in, but that the broader market is just 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

And when the U.S. government asserts that terrorists raise money by selling black-market cigarettes, that acts as a rather jarring moral incentive.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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

He asserted that these were inflated by his co-author to generate book sales.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 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

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

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

There never has been a man who asserted anything with more effectiveness, nor whose affirmations rested upon greater oaths, who observed them less.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

The ICC expressed concern over those withdrawals, asserting that such countries risked undermining the collective pursuit of justice.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

“People wait their whole life to find their calling,” Casey’s teacher tells her about the scholarship, asserting that a natural fluency in science means it must be her destiny.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

In October 2025, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 316, barring any defendant who developed, modified or used an AI system from asserting that the AI autonomously caused the harm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

“I should not like to be understood as asserting that all keepers are brutal, or even a majority of them,” he wrote.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover