The phrase "affirm at" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It is not commonly used and may lead to confusion without additional context.
Example: "I need you to affirm at the meeting that our project is on track."
Alternatives: "confirm at" or "assert during".
So I should affirm at the outset how much of Fish's argument in Save the World on Your Own Time2 I find correct and convincing.
Mike Pompeo, the CIA director and Trump's pick for secretary of state, appeared to affirm at his confirmation hearing reports that about 200 Russian mercenaries were killed in a February clash with US-led forces in Syria.
A veteran member of the Republican National Committee, he is the leader of a movement to deny party support to any candidate who fails to affirm at least 8 of 10 principles, including opposition to "government-run health care," "amnesty" for illegal immigrants and "Obama's socialist agenda".
But any defense I offer will not proceed by citing unmediated and unchallengeable evidence, but by citing evidence that appears to me to be conclusive given the features of the world as I see it and the force of arguments I unproblematically affirm, at least for now.
"We affirm, at this crucial moment in history, our valued and time-honored alliance, recognizing that one of Earth's greatest measures is the inherent decency of mankind which transcends political conflicts between nations," says the statement, printed in English and French on a home computer and carrying the seals of both cities.
In addition to horror, science fiction and fantasy novels, he has written historical fiction (his recent 11/22/63, in which a man travels back in time to kill Lee Harvey Oswald, won a Los Angeles Times book award and was a New York Times 'top ten of the year' pick), Westerns and literary short stories, which he describes as "the way I affirm, at least to myself, the fact that I haven't sold out".
As Karen continued, she expressed resentment for her husband's affirmation in his professional life and believed it unfair that he be affirmed at home.
What love, whose love, could she have been affirming at that moment of truth?
The judgments in these cases were affirmed at the October Term, 1941.
That time Alydar caught Affirmed at the 1/16 pole and won, going away by one and a quarter lengths.
It was heartbreaking and life-affirming at the same time, as all the best sporting moments should be.
