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Arbitrators declined to award any relief and found that Overdeck’s and Siegel’s “over-the-top efforts to assert claims against each other” hurt their credibility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Doctors who use speech to harm their patients “can now assert a First Amendment right to carry on, regardless of these standards.”

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

The platforms assert they function as superior mechanisms for discovering what people really think compared to traditional opinion polls.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

As most analysts see it, Beijing does not need a new law to assert its power across the country.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

During those years when middle-class black Americans began to assert with pride, ‘Black is beautiful,’ I was able to regard my complexion without shame.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez