offensive
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Vologda, some 1,000 kilometres from Ukraine, is nonetheless feeling the consequences of the offensive Moscow launched in February 2022.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
The North Vietnamese Communist offensive overran the South, sending more than a million “boat people” into the open ocean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
His shock-and-awe campaign may have lost its thunderous momentum, but the offensive never stopped.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
The opportunity is that, with a proper charm offensive, Burnham - like Starmer - could win Trump over in spite of their political differences.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
On November 19, the Allied offensive was officially called off.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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
It came after multiple offensives were launched for more than a year.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 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
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