assert

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“Higher-for-longer mortgage rates are becoming more widely accepted, and pent-up demand built over years of constrained affordability and limited inventory is beginning to assert itself,” she said in a statement.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

But the repeal also made settlements less meaningful, because defendants can now assert that the SEC got everything wrong and they just settled because it was less costly than litigating.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

Raducanu was comprehensively beaten by Cirstea in February, losing 6-0 6-2 in the Romanian's homeland, but was quick to assert herself as she produced another encouraging display in front of her home crowd in London.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

He pointed to a 2016 case between two mothers, one of whom wanted to assert visitation rights after their divorce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Even now he dared not assert himself but held the Bible uncertainly in his hands and asked, “What would you have me read, sir?”

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare