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assert

[uh-surt] / əˈsɜrt /


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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

But it fell apart within weeks after Iran started attacking ships to assert its control over the vital waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 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

He seemed to have moved beyond his need to assert so adamantly his autonomy, his need to separate himself from his parents.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

“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

Your editorial asserts that “data centers also generate scant pollution.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

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

“Your aunt and Candace will meet each other—another time,” Dad asserts.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Yousef Pezeshkian, the president’s son and adviser, asserted in August, “Our survival does not depend on enrichment. We won’t die if we don’t enrich uranium.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Sacoolas left the UK after diplomatic immunity was asserted on her behalf.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

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 defense ministry has asserted the legality of its operations in Guaviare.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Las Casas’s successors usually shared his ideas—the eighteenth- century Jesuit Francisco Javier Clavijero, for example, asserted that the pre-Columbian population of Mexico alone was thirty million.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

Hawaiian chiefs were typical of chiefs elsewhere, in asserting divinity, divine descent, or at least a hotline to the gods.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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