assert
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The reef is home to a small Philippine military outpost aboard the BRP Sierra Madre, a rusting World War Two-era ship deliberately grounded there in 1999 to assert Manila's claim to the territory.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
It deployed early-warning radar systems and built weather stations to assert sovereignty and get reliable forecasts for military operations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
The abolitionists also assert that women should be punished not for abortion but for homicide.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Therefore, they assert, at least some of the gains reported by investors are due not to real advances in an asset’s value, but to inflation.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 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
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