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Ms Bhayana said she "didn't even have 1% apprehension" that something like this could happen and had been assuring the family that this was "the end of the road" in their fight for justice.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2022

The hospital had been assuring the public that it was ready.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2014

He hemmed and hawed before saying “several hundred thousand”—angering his civilian bosses in the Pentagon, who had been assuring Congress of much lower numbers.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2014

Jim Strader, director of community relations for Juneau's Bartlett Regional Hospital, said he and other hospital officials in the Alaska capital had been assuring the public the disease was not communicable, he said.

From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2012

For months, Johnson had been assuring Americans that he had no intention of expanding the country’s role in Vietnam.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin