offended
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Now, that joke did actually offend plenty of people, while Obama’s joke offended zero people.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026
Stewart later said he was offended by suggestions he was "slumming it" by moving into US television.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Social media is a colosseum of the recreationally offended, and the quickest way to get attention is to be mean and crude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
You do whatever you want; I’m not offended by any of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Most women would be offended to be mistaken for the ghostly apparition, but she did not flinch at the horrific namesake.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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