offense
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The full-throated offense comes as the industry sees an existential threat to its business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
That Denver offense will have a difficult time matching Matthew Stafford touchdown for touchdown, though.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Instead, the Chargers’ offense looked as disjointed and discombobulated in Sunday’s 26-14 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders as it did the previous week in their 26-14 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Instead, his stated offense was simply that these outlets had produced too many negative stories over too much time.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
Beowulf in particular took offense, for he was quite serious about his studies.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
They’re distrupting offenses similar to the lineman group that was at Santa Margarita last season during the Eagles’ successful Division 1 title run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
I know that the NFL is off to a barnburning start with offenses putting up record numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Afghanistan citizen Haji Zada was never charged with a crime, but prosecutors had tried and convicted her son and son-in-law for terror offenses.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Due to the gravity of the offenses, the location where they were perpetrated, and the fact that he was already out on two separate bonds, Poland initially set his new bond at $1.25 million.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Apparently you are afraid of someone who has some contact with reality, who can truthfully describe to you the offenses which you have committed to canvas.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
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