asserted

Example Sentences

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The editorial asserted that “next year cannot be navigated by relying on inertia,” and urged the country’s leadership “to focus on establishing a reliable and developed capital and financial market.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Maduro, who has led Venezuela since 2013, also asserted that he is still the rightful leader of the South American nation.

From Salon

In a November court filing, DiBiase asserted that he has produced “significant evidence that he did perform work under the relevant contracts.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He dusted off the Monroe Doctrine – an early 19th Century American foreign policy that asserted the Western Hemisphere should be free from influence by European powers – and rebranded it the "Donroe Doctrine".

From BBC

Any time the word Alabama was mentioned, Indiana fans booed and asserted homefield advantage.

From Los Angeles Times