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Constructions like these suggest communities felt the need to protect themselves or assert power over strategic locations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

In Schoenbrun’s debut novel, “Public Access Afterworld,” the filmmaker takes a sizable risk, stripping away the meticulously crafted onscreen worlds to assert the dexterity of their prose.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

They also want the court to assert oversight, determining how much pumping should be curtailed and requiring the state to develop a long-term plan under its supervision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Striving to pursue its “European way” on AI and assert regulatory leadership, Europe, by contrast, welcomed the call.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

First, we must massively assert our dignity and worth.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

For a turnaround in the AI sector’s fortunes, Wood asserts that fresh evidence that the large language models have pricing power would restore confidence.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

“As a poet, I know that language is what connects us as human beings,” she asserts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

To grow one of these blades, asserts Fifoot, is to "fight the laws of the universe".

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

“The death of writing compounds the death of reading,” Mr. Marriott asserts, “further unmooring our culture from its foundations in the written word.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

If this really is a police apparatus, here; if it’s what it asserts itself to be.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

As far as it knows, no preschooler in its care has asserted a transgender identity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The new lawsuit claims that the campaign, at the time, "asserted no defence and immediately settled shortly after it was served", promising to never use the song without permission again.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

She has asserted that Venezuela will retain sovereignty over its natural resources and defended the choice of Betancourt.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Lula said the saint was "offended" by those who "do not respect" the religion of others, while Bolsonaro asserted his "respect for the faith of millions of Brazilians."

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

“These are very critical times,” Colonel Cathcart asserted petulantly from a far corner of the office, paying no attention to Colonel Korn.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Musk has often promoted Community Notes, calling it "awesome" and asserting that all users, including himself, were subject to being corrected by the crowd-sourced model.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

County attorneys responded to the plaintiffs with a letter asserting that they should have appealed the Planning Commission’s approval of the vested rights to the county Board of Supervisors within 90 days of the decision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

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

Bikitsha protested, asserting there was no contraband in the suitcase.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela