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offensive

[uh-fen-siv, aw-fen-, of-en-] / əˈfɛn sɪv, ˈɔ fɛn-, ˈɒf ɛn- /




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Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh says he isn’t planning to take any control away from offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel despite the team’s struggles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Its offensive in Afar is aimed at cutting supplies from Djibouti, which provides almost all of Ethiopia's international trade cargo, including fuel.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

For most players, offensive production drops in October, when batters face the best pitchers from the best teams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Plum was supposed to be the offensive engine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Brusilov’s victory was the one successful contribution to the joint Allied offensive in 1916.

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

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

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




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