How to Use reassert itself in a Sentence

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  • South will certainly be on a mission to reassert itself as the team to beat in both the conference and state by ending the week on a high note.
    Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023
  • South will certainly be on a mission to reassert itself as the team to beat in both the conference and state by ending the week on a high note.
    Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023
  • While pumps and levees held back some of the water, the storm last week allowed the lake to reassert itself after a century.
    New York Times, 21 Nov. 2021
  • There is also the problem of overtourism, which has been held in check by the pandemic, but threatens to reassert itself when the world once again starts to move.
    New York Times, 10 Jan. 2022
  • That fight was shaping up to reassert itself in several months, but the deal allows both sides to regroup.
    Andrew Duehren, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Over the next few years, higher but healthy rates may prevail, whereas the low-rate environment may reassert itself longer-term.
    Paul Swartz, Fortune, 7 June 2022
  • When the tide goes out, however, Bitcoin’s ‘blue chip’ status has tended to reassert itself.
    Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Bursts of wind and small hail are possible as the system carries the risk of severe weather across the Bay Area, even as San Francisco’s famed spring fog tries to reassert itself.
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 May 2023
  • Sutton said the new wave of infections in Europe showed how quickly the coronavirus can reassert itself.
    Fox News, 1 Nov. 2020
  • Given the length of his layoff, the performance was remarkable — and significant for a team trying to reassert itself in the playoff hunt.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
  • This system is likely to reassert itself next week with more humidity.
    BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The river remains in crisis, and recent history during a 23-year megadrought suggests scarcity may reassert itself in the coming year.
    Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 5 May 2023
  • The river remains in crisis, and recent history during a 23-year megadrought suggests scarcity may reassert itself in the coming year.
    Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 5 May 2023
  • More importantly, the collapse of a two-decade-long American experiment in state-building in Afghanistan gives Russia a chance to reassert itself in the region.
    Nathan Hodge, CNN, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Despite Europe’s current edge and China’s crushing advantage in the battery business, the United States can still reassert itself.
    IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2023
  • The plummeting number of Mysis shrimp could allow the Daphnia to reassert itself, increasing the clarity of Tahoe’s water, researchers said.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Sometimes, simply labeling an emotion is enough to disarm it and allow your rational brain to reassert itself.
    Pascal Bornet, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Now that roughly half of Americans have received at least one vaccination dose and more businesspeople are trickling back into the office by the week, could the necktie reassert itself in men’s wardrobes in 2021?
    Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 2 June 2021
  • Other travel and tourism marketers are also ramping up their marketing as the industry moves to reassert itself after a year of lockdowns and limits on movement.
    Alexandra Bruell, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2021
  • In addition to combating the threat posed by typhoons, Japan is also working to reassert itself as a global leader in science and engineering.
    Tim Hornyak, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Suddenly, Europe’s grand strategy was in tatters, and American strength seemed to reassert itself.
    Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Most importantly, the project posed a solution for a venue that's been trying to reassert itself in an Indianapolis market full of entertainment options.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The historical pattern could reassert itself right as the campaign season begins to intensify.
    Josh Boak, Fortune, 6 May 2023
  • The historical pattern could reassert itself right as the campaign season begins to intensify.
    Josh Boak, Fortune, 6 May 2023
  • Long Japan’s cinema industry leader, Toho is poised to reassert itself in 2023 with a muscular new distribution slate, following an off-year.
    Mark Schilling, Variety, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Repealing the authorization had been expected to win broad bipartisan backing in the Senate, part of a growing push by Congress to reassert itself on matters of war and peace and rethink presidential powers.
    New York Times, 15 Dec. 2021
  • In recent years, however, Englishness has started to reassert itself, and the process has coincided with rising nationalist sentiment in Scotland and Wales.
    Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 8 July 2021
  • The astronauts inside feel gravity reassert itself with an uncomfortable crush.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Especially if cult life is proving unpleasant, the capacity for critical thought can reassert itself.
    Zoë Heller, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021

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