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Wei, Lai denied that the investment was a result of U.S. pressure and noted that Trump had affirmed his commitment to regional stability in a joint statement with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in February.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

She said she had wanted to give the first minister a chance and had affirmed Mr Gething as first minister back in March.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024

Those against the expulsions say their church’s interpretation of the Bible had affirmed women’s eligibility to lead.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

“A constitutional referendum every twenty-seven years,” he writes, “would mean that every generation of adults would live under a fundamental law that it had affirmed in its sovereign role.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022

He had affirmed my place in the order of things.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates