asserted
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Italian border police stopped him, and Lee asserted asylum, claiming that prosecutors were seeking his death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“So correct me if I’m wrong. There’s also people who don’t want to” become citizens, Hilton asserted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
"No child should be placed in circumstances where returning to his father's homeland could mean being drawn into hostility and conflict," Kemigisa asserted in a post on X.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
A county geologist asserted that the application should be denied because mining had been dormant at the site long before the state’s landmark surface mining law took effect in 1976.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
He suggested a middle-class hero of a sort as he struggled for success and asserted his rights.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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