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"The individuals implicated in these case studies are working scientists. We do not assert that they intended harm, and identifying them or their labs could expose them to harm," the report said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

The latest bout of fighting marks an intensifying effort by both sides to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

“The government totally could assert itself and implement safeguards.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 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

Thus, it could assert its power over the fortunes of later generations and had to be appeased or controlled.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

“East of the River” asserts her love of women, starting with her mom, an immigrant born in Uruapan, Michoacán.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

He said: "The Secretary of State asserts that disclosure would harm national security."

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

And yet out of all the savagery and destruction, Mr. Winder asserts, also came the distinctive intermingling of customs, cultures and ideas that marked the future of all three river regions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

“You’re hiding something,” Autumn asserts with eyes of steel.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The item asserted that some Medicare and Medicaid cancer patients wait longer for treatment than those with private insurance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

In a late-night legal filing, OpenAI asserted that Apple filed a baseless lawsuit in an attempt to hamper its ability to recruit new employees and ultimately stall its effort to develop competing technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The majority concluded that her asserted injury probably does not cross Article 3’s threshold.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

The president has asserted that the new ballroom was needed to accommodate grand parties and state visits and would improve security.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

By July of 1955 he had reached, on the trek to Worcester, a small Kansas town, Phillipsburg, and there “fate,” in the form of “bad company,” asserted itself.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

All of them have top-flight or international experience, as well as physicality to their game, but even those additions did little to prevent Arsenal from asserting their superiority on Friday night.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

But President Claudia Sheinbaum refused to comply, asserting that U.S. authorities did not provide sufficient proof of his alleged crimes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 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

The occasional dissenter accuses me of betraying my fellow officers and being a rat, asserting that “what goes on in corrections should stay in corrections.”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover