assert

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It has also established a “malicious entity list” of foreign organizations and individuals that it says assert “unjustified extraterritorial jurisdiction” over Chinese entities and people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 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

“What is a participle? Does it ever part with its verbal significance? Does it assert action?”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck