assert

"The time has come for us to assert our rights and re-establish labour-management relations on an equal footing," it added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

“Further, FanDuel could assert that Harper was, or should have been, aware of a potential connection between the video and FanDuel and, more generally, sports betting.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

The parties agreed, seeing the language as necessary to close the deal but figuring they could assert their interpretations afterward, the mediators said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Everything appeared to be going smoothly once again for Djokovic as he wrapped up his sixth and seventh successive sets at this year's championships to assert himself against the big-hitting Rinderknech.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

On the one hand conservationists and many wildlife biologists assert that the losses have been severe and in some cases even catastrophic.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

In the A.I. age, Maggie Hennessy asserts, sparring with a grouchy maître d’ over the phone is part of what makes dining out great.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

But what’s remarkable is that, although the movie is a tale of political conspiracy and violent machinations, De Palma correctly asserts that these things are not exclusive to those in the highest seats of power.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

For a moment, it’s not clear if this is part of the show or a medical incident until Chowdhury, discreetly occupying a seat in the audience, asserts himself as the director.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

While Vance would not provide examples, he told CBS News, the BBC's US partner, that Netanyahu "aggressively asserts the interests of his country" but that they were not always aligned with those of the US.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 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

It “seems to me a fine time to be alive, in this age of falling walls,” she asserted.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

He asserted that the government doles out “hundreds of billions of dollars, under the act. ... They take our money, and they don’t spend it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

You have asserted your core First Amendment rights to speak, assemble, associate—to bear witness as a democratic check on an autocratic regime.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

Tehran has also repeatedly asserted that it will work out arrangements for future management of the strait with its weaker neighbor across the waterway, Oman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

If we were serious about bringing in minority lawyers, I asserted, we’d have to look more holistically at candidates.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

As for the rest of this year’s Tour, a lot of it felt like more of the same, the 27-year-old Pogacar asserting control early and dragging the field through a final charge in the Alps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Lourdes responds with a verse acknowledging her mother's love, while asserting her independence.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Sonically dynamic and unapologetically trenchant, “Arirang” took me on a journey by asserting BTS’ collective powers as mature artists and master storytellers, and I couldn’t help but be inspired.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

The teachers union shares this priority, asserting that more money could be set aside for salary increases.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

That would create in his mind the impression that I was not asserting my will; it would block any expression of dislike on his part for my act.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright