assert
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"The individuals implicated in these case studies are working scientists. We do not assert that they intended harm, and identifying them or their labs could expose them to harm," the report said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Central Command, a significant escalation as the fight to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz intensifies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
West asserts that Gilkar and Ahmed pressured her to terminate the pregnancy; Gilkar and Ahmed assert that West initially agreed that termination would be best and even made an appointment before changing her mind.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Again Machado Garry survived until the end of the round and although he found some success with a number of kicks midway through the fight, Makhachev continued to assert control when the pair grappled.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
As Andy continued to assert that there were no full bottles at the South Summit, Mike looked at me quizzically.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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“East of the River” asserts her love of women, starting with her mom, an immigrant born in Uruapan, Michoacán.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Customers weren't "ready" for robot-made pizza, he asserts.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
But like its creator, Schoenbrun’s film asserts that media can be integral to personal identity.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
It asserts that the ABA’s accreditation wing isn’t sufficiently independent of its profession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
And when the U.S. government asserts that terrorists raise money by selling black-market cigarettes, that acts as a rather jarring moral incentive.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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He made plain in his book that the triumph of Western liberal democracy was far from complete, even as he asserted that it was the high point of mankind’s ideological evolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The defense ministry has asserted the legality of its operations in Guaviare.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The majority concluded that her asserted injury probably does not cross Article 3’s threshold.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
He asserted in court filings that he believed Dylan — whose surname was Mendell at the time — was 18 and a member of the video production crew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“It can certainly be cut,” asserted one of the Fellerings.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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All of them have top-flight or international experience, as well as physicality to their game, but even those additions did little to prevent Arsenal from asserting their superiority on Friday night.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The ICC expressed concern over those withdrawals, asserting that such countries risked undermining the collective pursuit of justice.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
“People wait their whole life to find their calling,” Casey’s teacher tells her about the scholarship, asserting that a natural fluency in science means it must be her destiny.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
At the time, a Romney spokesman defended the holding by asserting that the tax treatment of his IRA “is the same for Gov. Romney as it is for every citizen of the U.S.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Ishmael argued at length about this, asserting that Cod could not possibly view their love as something wrong or evil.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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