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Constructions like these suggest communities felt the need to protect themselves or assert power over strategic locations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Proponents assert that passage would lead to better city services and quicker repairs of deteriorating infrastructure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

In Schoenbrun’s debut novel, “Public Access Afterworld,” the filmmaker takes a sizable risk, stripping away the meticulously crafted onscreen worlds to assert the dexterity of their prose.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

Striving to pursue its “European way” on AI and assert regulatory leadership, Europe, by contrast, welcomed the call.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

On the one hand conservationists and many wildlife biologists assert that the losses have been severe and in some cases even catastrophic.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

For a turnaround in the AI sector’s fortunes, Wood asserts that fresh evidence that the large language models have pricing power would restore confidence.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

To grow one of these blades, asserts Fifoot, is to "fight the laws of the universe".

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Binance asserts that it will cover the losses resulting from the hack.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

While “The Social Reckoning” might stand in the shadow of its formative predecessor, the film confidently asserts its own merit.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

In spirit, it asserts solidarity with the “least of these among us.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

But he asserted that he was already working with legislative counterparts on how to provide critical services and lower the cost of living.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

The defence team also asserted that the prosecution's five-day cross-examination of Patterson was "unfair and oppressive", and that the Crown was inconsistent in its arguments about a motive.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The statement asserted that antisemitic acts were being addressed by a “total mobilization” of French authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

She has asserted that Venezuela will retain sovereignty over its natural resources and defended the choice of Betancourt.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Devon is sometimes considered the most beautiful school in New England, and even on this dismal afternoon its power was asserted.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

They issued a joint statement, asserting that the museum never set a specific target for native plants, but did not respond to the proposition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Musk has often promoted Community Notes, calling it "awesome" and asserting that all users, including himself, were subject to being corrected by the crowd-sourced model.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Eleanor watches dutifully, admiring her daughter as she leads rooms full of men, asserting that her decision is not only the best one, but the right one, because she is the person in charge.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 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

He put his hands on his hips and gave Kiyo a sternly comic look, squinting at him through one eye the way Papa would when he was asserting his authority.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston