asserted
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The president has asserted that the new ballroom was needed to accommodate grand parties and state visits and would improve security.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
But as the conflict has worn on, and Tehran has asserted control it didn’t have before over global energy flows in the strait, his priorities appear to have shifted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
He asserted that these were inflated by his co-author to generate book sales.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
It “seems to me a fine time to be alive, in this age of falling walls,” she asserted.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
He asserted that Greenland is drifting west by about a mile a year, which is clearly nonsense.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
