affirm
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Israel and Lebanon, with US support, "affirm their shared goal of achieving lasting peace and security," the agreement begins.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
There’s nothing more Landor could have done in prison to affirm his faith and protect his rights.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
County, the Civilian Oversight Commission has said the March ruling, AB 847 and Measure R combine to affirm its subpoena powers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
This summer, nearly a century after Coolidge’s stirring words, marks a good moment to affirm once again those principles on which the U.S. is founded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
It has now been thinned and I am testing it here to affirm that it is acceptable for writing.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Pixar affirms this by incorporating a Totoro cameo into “Toy Story 3.”
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Caroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, said in a statement that the Supreme Court's decision "affirms once and for all the jury's unanimous verdict that President Donald J Trump sexually assaulted and defamed E Jean Carroll".
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Life Time, the high-end health club chain, affirms an uptick in its glute-centric classes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
The company affirms its full-year earnings outlook of $11 to $12 a share, slightly below expectations.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
“Always,” Dedd affirms, used to this fixed, monolithic language around interviewers and mythologizers of her sisters.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Looking ahead, the company expects third-quarter EPS of $2 to $2.50, compared with the current FactSet consensus of $2.03, and affirmed its full-year EPS guidance range of $6.50 to $7.50.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Proposed years ago, the vote on Friday affirmed the shift in Texas education standards statewide.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
He came in and I can’t remember his exact words but he just affirmed for me what I was doing, and that meant the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
The state supreme court later affirmed the decision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
I affirmed that I was “a loyal and disciplined member of the African National Congress.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
“I don’t want kids to think that, and I don’t want parents to think that because affirming your kid is right and life-saving.”
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Humphrey’s held Congress could prevent the president from firing the heads of these agencies without good cause, affirming a tradition that reached back to the early days of the republic.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
AHS Properties said it bought Dubai’s Shangri-La five-star hotel for $300 million, affirming its confidence in the region despite falling tourism due to the Middle East war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The collaboration stood as a powerful closing note to her career, affirming her enduring ability to transcend boundaries of genre, geography and time.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
The seventy-page opinion from the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirming his conviction and death sentence was devastating.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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