asserted
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Both countries, he asserted, wouldn’t strike power plants, the grid or refineries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Italian border police stopped him, and Lee asserted asylum, claiming that prosecutors were seeking his death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
A county geologist asserted that the application should be denied because mining had been dormant at the site long before the state’s landmark surface mining law took effect in 1976.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Sacoolas left the UK after diplomatic immunity was asserted on her behalf.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Each asserted a superior ancestral claim to the imperial throne.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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