offensive
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Kelly joined Northwestern after winning the 2024 national championship as Ohio State’s offensive coordinator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Eisenkot himself served in Israel's wartime cabinet during the Gaza offensive, Munayyer noted.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
The Trail Blazers had four offensive rebounds during the fourth quarter, which led to five of their 10 second-chance points for the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The Treacher Collins syndrome, external and visible differences campaigner, who has been highlighting this issue for several years, believes the message was sent with good intent but was "super offensive".
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
This was the decision that caused Hamilton to repeat his earlier characterizations of Burr as the unprincipled American Catiline, which in turn generated the newspaper reports containing the offensive word “despicable.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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But Charlie Werb, an analyst with Aldebaran Threat Consultants, said the new shipment could help Malian and Russian forces to build up enough strength to launch offensives into areas which have fallen to the rebels.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 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
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
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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