offensive
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Ukraine has attacked Moscow and Saint Petersburg throughout the Kremlin's dragging offensive but large-scale hits on Russia's main cities are rare.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
McDaniel liked what he saw from the offensive line against the Broncos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
“He’s got some familiar faces here,” said offensive coordinator Nick Caley, “which certainly helps.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
That said, he could also do unpredictable, chaotic and sometimes offensive things.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Ludendorff launched his offensive on the morning of March 21, 1918, against British troops occupying the old Somme battlefield of 1916.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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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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