asserting
Example Sentences
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Two of the supervisors realized Mason’s filing contained major errors, such as contradicting the trial record by asserting one witness never visually identified Johnson as the shooter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
This is roughly analogous to me asserting that running headfirst into a telephone pole at a full sprint will not affect my health because I do not “intend” to concuss myself.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 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
Just as Burnham had feared, union leaders began using the future fair as a vehicle for asserting such goals as the adoption of a minimum wage and an eight-hour day.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
