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I don’t care if the officers caught on tape didn’t intend to offend, and I don’t care what Hochman intends the message to be with his vast over-charging of Flores.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

A sympathetic observer might fairly wonder what the point is of a grand moral pronouncement—one issued by the pope or any religious figure—that doesn’t offend or seriously challenge honored cultural arbiters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

It’s usually a warning sign when a religious declaration fails to offend elite opinion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

He added that education, rather than "punitive punishment", is the solution to children displaying discriminatory behaviour where it comes from a "lack of understanding and without intention to offend".

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

But I know there are also humans who make bad bargains or offend the wrong faerie and who are not treated so well.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

It characterized the injury as one arising from “offense, disagreement, or distaste” and reasoned that allowing such an interest to establish standing could permit citizens to challenge virtually any government project that offends their sensibilities.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Nabbing people as they wait for jobs as roofers or drywallers, or raiding hotels and farms as they do useful things and earn money for themselves and their families, offends natural sensibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

At the very least, that's not something that offends people.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024

“People, and particularly women, tend to kvetch and converse and complain about what offends them, and then they vote according to what affects them,” she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2024

“Whether it offends people or not, hard decisions have to be made.”

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

“The subjective displeasure of an offended observer does not amount to a concrete injury,” Sauer said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

"What the defendant did offended the Balinese people, hurt their faith and provoked public outrage," the presiding judge said, according to the Associated Press.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

She’s a little rain cloud of a person, dour and humorless, though perhaps rightly offended by being passed over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The judge found Day had "little insight into your offending or any real remorse", but he noted he had not offended since the Big Ben incident and had strong personal mitigation including failing eyesight.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

“He came to me,” the preppy kid says, still offended by the indictment of his character.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Huger wrote for instructions to Postmaster General Amos Kendall, as well as New York Postmaster Samuel Gouverneur, from whose office the offending literature had been shipped.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

It said it had "provided answers to questions relating to Alan Greer's offending during the course of his police career" and did not believe it had been answering questions about his police vetting record.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

"In our submission 33 years for this offending is manifestly inadequate," he argued.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

In written arguments, they said an additional three years "utterly fails to reflect the gravity of the offending or vindicate the dignity of each of the four victims".

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

He got out of his seat, picked up the offending aircraft, and waved it at us.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman