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After Jake LaRavia was called for an offensive foul with 21.8 seconds left in the third quarter, Doncic was hit with his first technical foul of the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Western scientists say that program soon turned into a cover for Soviet offensive bioweapons, in which plague, carried by aerosols, played a significant part.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The offensive numbers are unremarkable: no points, one shot, one assist and a turnover.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

An offensive by the M23 and the Rwandan army in eastern DRC in early 2025 resulted in the capture of Goma and Bukavu, the capitals of North and South Kivu provinces.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

I don’t think what I just said is offensive, but the soldier obviously didn't like it.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

The war began in earnest on March 20, 2003, with comprehensive air and ground offensives as coalition troops crossed into Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The frequency of attacks on healthcare suggests that they are "a sustained feature of the war rather than an episodic consequence of large scale offensives," the report said.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Rebel factions have pledged to block the vote from the enclaves they control, and the junta has admitted the vote cannot be held nationwide, but is waging offensives in a bid to claw back ground.

From Barron's ● Jan. 5, 2026

He shouldn’t have lasted two innings but he survived, squelching early Dodger offensives and holding them to those two early runs while completing four innings despite three walks and four hits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025

General Nicholas Yanushkevich, the Russian chief of staff, complained that his armies were “melting like snow” before the German offensives.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman