“Far be it for me to assume that exercise was supposed to be fun.”

“Homer would assume the role of nuclear technician after convincing Mr. Burns that he would gladly accept abuse without complaining.”

“Alexia would assume the accent of a Southern belle, hoping to impress the Bronx crowd.”

“Saying that God assumes human form makes God small, diminishing both His unity and His divinity.”

“And it assumes that applications are well-behaved enough to use the protection facilities in the operating system.”

“The UN's project assumes that a price can be put on the environment and that life can be quantified and measured.”