offensive
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In an opinion article written for the Financial Times last week, Bessent has cast the new measures as the “single greatest financial offensive ever marshalled against an adversary.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
It’s offensive because cases like ours could have been settled for significantly less than what the verdict is.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Syria has been trying to rebuild its military facilities that were damaged during the offensive that saw Bashar al-Assad's government overthrown.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
In this week’s Dow Jones Risk Journal Podcast: A new White House initiative could allow cybersecurity firms to help the government conduct offensive operations against foreign criminal groups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
In September 1915, the Allies launched a major offensive in France, hoping to break through enemy lines, drive the Germans back to the Meuse River, and end the war.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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
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