offensive
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Centennial has dealt with a lot of injuries to the offensive line this season, which allowed Mater Dei to get multiple sacks and hurries on Jefferson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
In fact, Raymond said USC coaches, including offensive line coach Zach Hanson, told him they saw him playing center in the future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
The Houthi offensive has cost more than 500 lives, and has displaced about 46,000 people, the UN migration agency said on Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Before the offensive, the Houthis already controlled a large part of Yemen's north, including the capital Sanaa, as well as the major port city of Hodeidah on the Red Sea.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“We are getting killed on offensive boards, and we can’t win without second-chance opportunities! You know this! We’ve done the drills, we’ve talked about it all season.”
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
The god of war is fickle, and Russia’s spring and summer offensives could still push Ukraine into crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 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
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
It came after multiple offensives were launched for more than a year.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
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
Vocabulary lists containing offensive
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney
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