asserted

Example Sentences

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Instead, he asserted that because the statute said only that a person could refuse to operate a vehicle and Maddin had operated the vehicle, he wasn’t protected.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

He has instead asserted that Raman and Bass are ganging up against him.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

"I feel the same as I did 50 years ago. It's crazy," he asserted on Monday.

From Barron's • 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

In her enormously self-serving and revisionist autobiography, she asserted that she agreed to make the film only after Hitler promised to keep Goebbels at bay.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown