aver

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But many practitioners of Ayurveda or other traditional Indian medicine aver that the churning process used to prepare lassi breaks down the glial proteins in the dairy, making it even easier to digest.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2022

More important, they aver that inequality causes stress without admitting the possibility that some other factor is contributing to both, or indeed that social breakdown contributes to inequality.

From Economist • Jun. 14, 2018

Harassing speech can be punished, they aver, but only if true harassment is taking place.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2017

The speakers were divided into six groups which aver aged about 176 words each, or more than 1,000 words a day.

From Washington Times • May 17, 2017

I do aver Capt. Draper shall grant it, for Capt. Draper is the kindest of Men, & in that Ditch, we all lay Confounded, and should not judge one another.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson