asserted

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on April 3, the State Department asserted that they were the Iranian general’s grand-niece and niece.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Presented with a detailed list of this article’s findings, Rachel Cauley, the OMB’s communications director, asserted that “this story is false because it speculates about policies that have not yet been decided.”

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

Google, meanwhile, asserted that the case “misunderstands YouTube, which is a responsibly built streaming platform, not a social media site.”

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

“The only harm X has asserted is that its customers collectively chose X’s competitors over X,” Senior U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

In her enormously self-serving and revisionist autobiography, she asserted that she agreed to make the film only after Hitler promised to keep Goebbels at bay.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown