offensive
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At least part of Chicago’s upgraded offensive attack can be attributed to the acquisition of Japanese first baseman Munetaka Murakami, who entered Tuesday with 29 homers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The Angels rank 26th among the 30 major league teams in runs scored, so Mozeliak might well focus on offensive upgrades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Coach Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel, give DJ a chance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Prosecutors also allege that slogans including "Free Gaza", "Free Palestine" and "Gaza is not for sale" were daubed on the course and buildings, along with offensive messages directed at Trump.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The duct tape does nothing to hide the offensive olive-green flower pattern that’s stitched into the worn yellow velour covering her cushions and scalloped back.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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
Although bombing contributed to Germany’s defeat in World War II, it took ground offensives by the Allied powers to win that war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
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
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
Vocabulary lists containing offensive
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney
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American Football, 1st Quarter
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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