assert

Example Sentences

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Thailand on Thursday defended its military's demolition of a Hindu statue along the border with Cambodia, saying the removal was carried out to assert control in a disputed frontier area.

From Barron's

Stronger than average weekly volume has asserted itself recently.

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Stronger than average weekly volume has asserted itself recently.

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"I owe nothing, I fear nothing. I have nothing to hide," he once asserted.

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“I’m his wife,” I said to the on-call doctor, asserting my place in the cramped exam room.

From Los Angeles Times