offensive
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They were young offensive assistants in Cleveland, Atlanta and San Francisco and both represent branches of the Kyle Shanahan coaching tree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Solorio rarely faced defensive pressure because of strong blocking from his offensive line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Before the offensive, the Houthis already controlled a large part of Yemen's north, including the capital Sanaa, as well as the major port city of Hodeidah on the Red Sea.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Houthi offensive has cost more than 500 lives, and has displaced about 46,000 people, the UN migration agency said on Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“You don’t have anything offensive you’d like to say to me? Maybe make me hate you a little bit?”
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
The god of war is fickle, and Russia’s spring and summer offensives could still push Ukraine into crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 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
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
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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