asserted

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Regarding the one count of discharging a firearm, Allen’s attorneys wrote that the government “has not asserted that Mr. Allen ever fired any of the recovered weapons.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Presented with a detailed list of this article’s findings, Rachel Cauley, the OMB’s communications director, asserted that “this story is false because it speculates about policies that have not yet been decided.”

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

Mr. Fair asserted that “there is no question that what we learned from informants saved lives.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Moreover, Lilly’s tirzepatide, the active ingredient in its Mounjaro and Zepbound injectables, “has a superior profile” to Novo’s Ozempic and Wegovy, analysts asserted.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

These ancient roses, it has lately been asserted, were so constructed that the five sepals did actually stick out beyond the petals—just as they are represented to do in the heraldic rose.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White