Example Sentences

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He told reporters the following day that Oman’s ambassador to Washington, Talal Alrahbi, had assured him that the Gulf state has “no plans for tolling.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Afterward, the surgeons had assured both mother and daughter that medication would regulate the damage that had already rippled through Miranda’s endocrine system.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Days earlier the White House said Trump had assured Qatar "that such a thing will not happen again on their soil" - an assertion that he repeated on Monday night.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

The very enthusiastic cruise line representative with whom I arranged my trip had assured me this wouldn’t be a problem.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

I had some things to do myself, but not many, and Francis had assured me that getting the money was a simple matter of going downtown and signing some papers.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt