counteroffensive
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He added that the U.S. was expecting the counteroffensive would happen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
There wasn’t much time to launch a counteroffensive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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
The marines had started a counteroffensive up near Khe Sanh, and moved up there instead of into the Phuoc Ha Valley.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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