be offensive
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"It was in no way intended to be offensive towards Michael," the former England international said.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
Yet the BBC did catch and remove a remark by “My Father’s Shadow” director Akinola Davies Jr. that it found to be offensive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
He said that if he and his team had felt the campaign would be offensive in that way, “we never would’ve done it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
Spectrum WT sued, arguing that drag wasn’t designed to be offensive and portraying it as a celebration of many things, including “queerness, gender, acceptance, love and especially femininity.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
The pert waggery of the pritschmeister to the country people excited a laughter on the shooting-ground which would be offensive to us.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Gustav Freytag
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