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West asserts that Gilkar and Ahmed pressured her to terminate the pregnancy; Gilkar and Ahmed assert that West initially agreed that termination would be best and even made an appointment before changing her mind.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

It remains to be seen whether Asher-Smith will choose to join Hunt in that event, which would give her the chance to assert herself as the outright most successful athlete in championship history.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

“Article 215 gives him an opportunity to assert executive authority, deal directly with governors and mayors, bypass political gridlock and lean on Washington,” said Lansberg-Rodríguez.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The two young admirals, many assert, enjoyed meteoric career rises thanks to family patronage: They are nephews of a former secretary of the navy, José Rafael Ojeda Durán.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

For one thing, Arthur began to assert his position in their wretched triangle.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Customers weren't "ready" for robot-made pizza, he asserts.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

But like its creator, Schoenbrun’s film asserts that media can be integral to personal identity.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

A complication: Venezuela’s prominent Cisneros family asserts rightful ownership of some of the same oil fields that Pacific Coast is negotiating to operate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

West asserts that Gilkar and Ahmed pressured her to terminate the pregnancy; Gilkar and Ahmed assert that West initially agreed that termination would be best and even made an appointment before changing her mind.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

And when the U.S. government asserts that terrorists raise money by selling black-market cigarettes, that acts as a rather jarring moral incentive.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

But as the conflict has worn on, and Tehran has asserted control it didn’t have before over global energy flows in the strait, his priorities appear to have shifted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

He asserted that these were inflated by his co-author to generate book sales.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

"No vote in an international organisation can change history," he asserted.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Leto also allegedly asserted control by ignoring the girls he invited and speaking to them rudely.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Compton’s report of the Schenectady meeting to Bush asserted firmly the practicality of building a “fission bomb of superlatively destructive power” and of separating isotopes on an industrial scale for no more than $100 million.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

“Noel Tata has been in some sense pushing for change, asserting himself,” said Kavil Ramachandran, a professor at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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

“People wait their whole life to find their calling,” Casey’s teacher tells her about the scholarship, asserting that a natural fluency in science means it must be her destiny.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

At the time, a Romney spokesman defended the holding by asserting that the tax treatment of his IRA “is the same for Gov. Romney as it is for every citizen of the U.S.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Bikitsha protested, asserting there was no contraband in the suitcase.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela