Example Sentences

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There’s a fear that if the Chinese establish the first moon base, they will assert the advantages of a first comer to exclude later arrivals from areas with valuable resources, particularly water.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

But with her victory now in hand, Mexicans will look to see how Sheinbaum, a very different personality from mentor and current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, will assert herself.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

That's not what I am expecting to happen, though, because I actually think Villa will assert themselves and get the win they need.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024

Members of this tradition will assert that the Divine is personal and caring and that God has entered the narrative of our history to realize God’s purpose through humanity.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Months before the "squire" and keeper he knows whether disease will assert itself or no.

From The Confessions of a Poacher by Anonymous