offensive

Instead after expressing "huge pain and sadness" for the victims, Puente went on the offensive.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

In fact, the strategy has been so overwhelming for opposing offensive lines that they often have little choice but to commit penalties in order to keep their quarterbacks upright.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

An offensive by the M23 and the Rwandan army in eastern DRC in early 2025 resulted in the capture of Goma and Bukavu, the capitals of North and South Kivu provinces.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

On his first possession in the game, Vanderbilt repeatedly tipped a loose ball up in the air to keep it alive long enough for Austin Reaves to grab an offensive rebound.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

But when the tide of war turned against the British, the Continental Congress was able to focus on an offensive to annihilate the Shawnee Nation in the Ohio Country.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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

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

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

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