offensive
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"These capabilities can be employed for offensive and defensive purposes," it added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
But that offensive efficiency declined once Hill was traded away and Kelce showed his age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The Bills changed their head coach in a bid to finally reach the Super Bowl with star quarterback Josh Allen, promoting offensive co-ordinator Joe Brady to the top job.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
His offensive line coach, Chris Ward, is less humble when talking about his best player.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The British had lost almost that many, but they had blocked the German offensive.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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
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
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
But in a contrast with his comments last year, he made no direct appeals for weaponry for new offensives on the battlefield.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
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
Vocabulary lists containing offensive
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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