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Mr. Gervais, whose eagerness to offend has made him something of a polarizing comic commodity, isn’t doing anything here that will damage his brand as a provocateur.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Not only would a more-efficient system help released inmates get the support they need, it could highlight who is likely to offend again after release.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

He added that education, rather than "punitive punishment", is the solution to children displaying discriminatory behaviour where it comes from a "lack of understanding and without intention to offend".

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

“Least as in least likely to offend the president with the rerun of ‘Comics Unleashed’ from 2007 featuring Paula Poundstone and Andy Dick.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

It wouldn’t exactly help their mission to offend the other Messengers, but neither did he wish to be split up from Kate and Constance.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

“And that offends people that aren’t from here.”

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

For many people, a lawn with leaves unblown or unraked offends their sensibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

What also offends him is that marginalised communities are only talked about as statistics.

From BBC ● May 22, 2025

At the very least, that's not something that offends people.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024

“The slightest air of disbelief offends it, naturally. How would you feel if people refused to believe in you?”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

“The subjective displeasure of an offended observer does not amount to a concrete injury,” Sauer said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

"What the defendant did offended the Balinese people, hurt their faith and provoked public outrage," the presiding judge said, according to the Associated Press.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

She’s a little rain cloud of a person, dour and humorless, though perhaps rightly offended by being passed over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The judge found Day had "little insight into your offending or any real remorse", but he noted he had not offended since the Big Ben incident and had strong personal mitigation including failing eyesight.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Normally I’d be offended since I did all this work pretending sadness, but right now it’s a good thing she keeps her eyes fixed to the little screen.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

Huger wrote for instructions to Postmaster General Amos Kendall, as well as New York Postmaster Samuel Gouverneur, from whose office the offending literature had been shipped.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

He was accepted into Strathclyde Police in 2009, despite vetting staff being aware of his previous offending.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The offending remarks are situated within a nuanced, thoughtful chapter on what makes good art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

"Indeed, our submission is that for this offending the respondent should be sentenced to life without parole," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

I hoped I wasn’t offending him with my lackluster response.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez