Sentence examples for against assertion from inspiring English sources

Ira Glass, host of "This American Life," argued against assertion that NPR has a liberal bias in its news programming on a recent episode of "On the Media".

Officials disclosed more information about their request to Hong Kong to detain and return Mr. Snowden, defending themselves against assertions that they had mishandled the request.

But I would actually defend my colleagues against assertions that this predictive lapse was, in and of itself, all that much of a failure.

Mr. Tucker had to defend himself against assertions by former Barclays executives that the Bank of England had been aware of attempts to influence rates.

At that time, he was defending his agency against assertions by Walter Hang, an activist and head of Toxic Targeting, a firm specializing in documenting pollution.

The debate over how to expand battlefield surveillance prompts Air Force officials to defend against assertions that the service is letting its historic romance with white-scarf pilots detract from the defense secretary's priority of increasing surveillance over the battlefield.

It did not appear that there would be any immediate resolution for Mr. Rove, who has spent months defending himself against assertions that his legal troubles are distracting him from his White House duties.

He defended Mr. Karzai against assertions that he would use appointments to reward supporters, saying that those who have been "effective probably will remain, and those who need to be replaced probably will be replaced".

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reported that anonymous "current and former U.S. intelligence officials" are "pushing back against assertions that President Obama and his aides" were really in the dark.

Some reports say the Trump administration has already pushed back against assertions that an agreement on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) would exclude funds for the wall.

Trump himself addressed the matter in the presidential debates, during which he consistently defended Russia against assertions that it had been behind the hacking of officials at the Democratic National Committee.