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Films like “That Thing You Do!” are neither notable nor offensive to the typical viewer, and they never make you wonder “Who is this for?”

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

“Any way you could shoot yourself in the foot — we were doing it on the offensive side of the ball,” Stafford said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Neither team’s most potent offensive weapon was able to take over the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Since then, fighting has intensified with the Houthis launching a lightning offensive in which they seized control of coastal regions along the Bab al-Mandab strait.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 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

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

Although bombing contributed to Germany’s defeat in World War II, it took ground offensives by the Allied powers to win that war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

Rebel factions have pledged to block the vote from the enclaves they control, and the junta has admitted the vote cannot be held nationwide, but is waging offensives in a bid to claw back ground.

From Barron's ● Jan. 5, 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