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counteroffensive

[kaun-ter-uh-fen-siv, kaun-ter-uh-fen-] / ˌkaʊn tər əˈfɛn sɪv, ˈkaʊn tər əˌfɛn- /




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He added that the U.S. was expecting the counteroffensive would happen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

He later planned a counteroffensive that regained a broad expanse of territory in the east.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Following the army's counteroffensive and recapture of Khartoum, more than 800,000 people have returned to the capital.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

Valerii Zaluzhnyi, then Milley’s Ukrainian counterpart, led the army that defeated Russian forces attempting to seize Kyiv in the early days of the war and drove them back in Ukraine’s counteroffensive.

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2025

But Margo had given me a way of starting a counteroffensive.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green


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