offensive
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When the contest is between offensive and defensive AI, the defense needs to be ready.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
That process on the offensive side was something Heyward encouraged De Paula to tap into in all parts of his game, including defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
As part of a charm offensive, he presented the president with a mocked-up newspaper front page with the headline said, “Trump to City: Let’s Build.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
This month, the Houthis, who already held most of Yemen's populated areas, launched a lightning offensive to take over the country's entire Red Sea coast, giving them control over the vital Bab al-Mandab strait.
From Barron's
They were headed for the village of Krymskaya, where German troops were camped along the fortified Blue Line, Hitler’s offensive front in Crimea.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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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
The god of war is fickle, and Russia’s spring and summer offensives could still push Ukraine into crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Rebel factions have pledged to block the vote from the enclaves they control, and the junta has admitted the vote cannot be held nationwide, but is waging offensives in a bid to claw back ground.
From Barron's ● Jan. 5, 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
And he refrained for the moment from ordering further offensives.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney
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