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The “verdict reaffirms what the Argentine justice system has been asserting through numerous rulings for decades,” the Argentine Jewish Mutual Aid Association, whose building was the target of the attack, said in a statement.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024

O’Brien has been asserting executive privilege in declining to provide some of the information that prosecutors are seeking from him, the CNN report added.

From Reuters • Feb. 9, 2023

But her campaign has begun to talk about her “black agenda,” as Harris has been asserting herself as the candidate most able to speak candidly about issues of race.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2019

In recent years, China has been asserting claims in the region and has built up atolls and islands to be large enough to stage military exercises.

From US News • Jul. 13, 2016

But God the King of the ages has been asserting and re-asserting the fact in the course of history ever since.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.