asserted
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The government asserted that ICE was trying to locate a target when they approached three men, lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit, at a bus stop in Pasadena, according to the motion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
"The Theatro da Paz and the Praca da Republica asserted the strategic role of the city of Belem as a port and State capital," it stated.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Standing outside that Dallas theater five decades ago, Patti Burns asserted that “no one knows exactly what makes a movie a hit.”
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
You have asserted your core First Amendment rights to speak, assemble, associate—to bear witness as a democratic check on an autocratic regime.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
ERAs, he asserted authoritatively, could never be higher than 27.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
