as in to allege
to state as a fact usually forcefully
she continued to insist that she was right, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary
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Recent Examples of insist
And in a Senate intelligence hearing on Tuesday, top officials including Gabbard and Ratcliffe insisted — under oath — no classified info was in the chat.
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S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
As for where Bregman and Devers would play in the regular season, the Red Sox insisted on waiting to make an official decision.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Numerous participants in the chat, and White House and Pentagon officials, continue to insist Wednesday that no classified information was shared.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
No new plants planned yet due to tariffs Trump insists that automakers are already making plans to open new US auto plants.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
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The administration has sent more than 200 Venezuelans to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, alleging that the migrants have gang ties, claims that families and attorneys of some of those deported have strongly denied.—
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The Trump administration alleges that Maduro and Cabello are not only complicit in its rise but actively control it through the Soles drug cartel, using the gang as a deadly enforcement squad.—
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Take these steps to claim the best promotion in your state.—
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My advice is to make every effort to escape your echo chamber, resist reading Reddit, and by all means ignore the clickbait on social media from companies claiming to have the secret formula to being admitted to highly selective colleges.—
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Her attorneys on Friday asked a federal court in Massachusetts to assert jurisdiction over her case, release her on bail as the litigation moves forward and restore her F-1 student visa.—
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Related Stories Still, Republicans and some corporations lined up to sue the SEC over the rule as soon as the agency released it, alleging that the agency had gone too far and asserting that the rule is unconstitutional.—
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Shortly before the end of Biden’s term in January, the Department of Education issued a fact sheet contending that Title IX applies to colleges’ direct payments to athletes reflecting revenue share/NIL.—
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Just four weeks ago, Granby filed suit against the council for authorizing Key Capture Energy’s plan for a 5-megawatt battery energy storage facility not far from the Salmon Brook; the town contends the council didn’t give enough weight to evidence of environmental and safety hazards.—
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The Trump administration’s policies have led to actions such as the withdrawal of federal funding from institutions maintaining DEI programs.—
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The crew took the first X-ray in space, performed exercise studies to maintain muscle and skeletal mass and grew mushrooms in microgravity, the company said.—
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South Africa, positioned in East Africa, is one of the world’s poorest and newest countries in the world, having declared independence in July 2011.—
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Darden declared a quarterly dividend of $1.40 per share.—
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“Insist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insist. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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