offensive
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Coventry said they were aware of the video and the club "does not tolerate offensive behaviour" and will co-operate with the relative authorities.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
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
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
The offensive numbers are unremarkable: no points, one shot, one assist and a turnover.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Brusilov’s victory was the one successful contribution to the joint Allied offensive in 1916.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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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
It said that "consistent and indiscriminate drone attacks and ground offensives constitute clear violations of ceasefire agreements by the DRC".
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
Russian advances in some of its major offensives are slower than the infamous Battle of the Somme in World War I, according to CSIS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 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
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