counteroffensive
Example Sentences
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Senior Ukrainian military and political leaders began discussing a large-scale midrange strike campaign following the failed 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 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
When Iraq’s Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 and Bush Sr. responded with a massive troop mobilization and counteroffensive, Cheney managed it quite competently from the Pentagon.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2025
It’s a proactive counteroffensive, built on showing that democratic alternatives exist and can work both to identify and solve real problems, and to bring people together.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2024
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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