assertion

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Here is where I’m required to offer a throat-clearing assertion that everyone else’s marriage is a mystery, and that we can never know the depths of love or loathing from the outside.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

This reinforces our assertion that investors, including market makers and oil traders, have no idea how to price oil to reflect war risks.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

"The assertion that some crimes against humanity are less severe than others objectively diminishes the suffering of countless victims and survivors of other atrocities throughout history," he argued.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The editorial cites an assertion by American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Roger Pielke Jr. that parts of the chapter were ghost written by our colleague Michael Burger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

That assertion attracted the full attention of law enforcement officials.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson