Assert
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- In the Pokémon episode Island of the Giant Pokémon, Jessie's Ekans and James's Koffing explain to Meowth that they're not necessarily bad Pokémon, and go so far as to assert that no Pokémon is truly bad; Ekans and Koffing, for example, just do what Jessie and James tell them to do.
Source: My Master, Right or Wrong - Kikyou was a powerful Miko when she lived, and a conflicted undead Miko when she was forcefully revived; aside of her love for Inuyasha, Kagome's biggest conflict is constantly feeling that she's got to re-assert her own identity to not have everyone tell her she's inferior to Kikyou.
Source: Always Someone Better - Story lines concerning the Cottingley Fairies hoax are sometimes played, at least relatively, straight or assert that Elsie Wright and Francis Griffiths did take photographs of fairies... despite the fact than anyone can tell they're fakes nowadays just by looking at the things.
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