assert

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During the Tanker War of the 1980s, Iran used missiles, mines and speed boats to assert its control over the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

For every person we get out, there are scores in the same facility, with the same rights, and no one to assert them.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Third parties can also file briefs with the court to assert their own arguments; these are known as “friend of the court” or amicus curiae briefs.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

“Hip-hop has become the global language of resistance — the musical form through which the dispossessed and disenfranchised articulate grievance and assert dignity,” Singh said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Even now he dared not assert himself but held the Bible uncertainly in his hands and asked, “What would you have me read, sir?”

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare