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From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

The narrative was that the 2026 season was make-or-break for Hurts, after a season when some were all too eager to offer “evidence” of Hurts’ share of the team’s offensive woes.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

Rebels in the northern Tigray state of Ethiopia launched an offensive against the federal government last month, but were ultimately forced to retreat and lost control of the state.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Investment management is very much a team sport. I was managing the very offensive end of the field.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was part of a larger Allied offensive taking place all along the Western Front as German armies fell back to the Hindenburg Line—their last line of resistance.

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