asserted

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She also asserted that Bass took a friendlier stance toward Pratt in last week’s televised debate at the Skirball Cultural Center.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Work on another nuclear-powered missile, the Burevestnik, and a nuclear-powered torpedo was "in its final stages", Putin asserted.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The U.A.E.’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs declined to comment on the strikes but pointed to previous statements in which it asserted its right to respond—including militarily—to hostile acts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

As Alito asserted, “Social change has occurred throughout the country and particularly in the South.”

From Slate • May 5, 2026

Since the new science had yet to establish its claim to authority, that claim had to be asserted by appealing to reality.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton