assert
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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
It remains to be seen whether Asher-Smith will choose to join Hunt in that event, which would give her the chance to assert herself as the outright most successful athlete in championship history.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The two young admirals, many assert, enjoyed meteoric career rises thanks to family patronage: They are nephews of a former secretary of the navy, José Rafael Ojeda Durán.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The Bank of England made the British Empire the mightiest in the world, but the North American colonies remained a financial backwater as they struggled to assert their independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In contrast, once food can be stockpiled, a political elite can gain control of food produced by others, assert the right of taxation, escape the need to feed itself, and engage full-time in political activities.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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He said: "The Secretary of State asserts that disclosure would harm national security."
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
But like its creator, Schoenbrun’s film asserts that media can be integral to personal identity.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
In under half a minute, the state’s theory asserts, Byrd and Roberts went from perceiving a genuine threat and returning fire to pursuing someone who no longer posed a danger.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Writing to a friend about this bold retrospective, Sand asserts that “the public is too ignoble for me . . . either to accuse myself or to justify myself about anything before it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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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The item asserted that some Medicare and Medicaid cancer patients wait longer for treatment than those with private insurance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The trust relied on the injury asserted by Alison Hoagland, one of its members.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
But builders have asserted that contracts and warranties signed with homeowners shield them from liability for the claims and that often mold problems are the fault of poor maintenance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
President Trump has asserted that the new ballroom is needed to "accommodate people for grand parties, State Visits", and has also said that it is "vital for National Security".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Understanding the Pittman case and documenting the other demonstrably false things Myers had asserted would strengthen our evidence.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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OpenAI filed a legal response asserting that Apple filed a baseless trade secret theft lawsuit to hamper OpenAI’s recruiting and stall its AI work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
Although thus incapable of mounting a civil war, they are nevertheless increasingly asserting their rights.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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