offense
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The talent is there but the offense has to score points in big games for a breakthrough win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
As they say, the best defense is a good offense.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Though the state and federal charges aren’t the same, his legal team is likely to contend that he can’t be tried for the same offense twice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He was originally charged with a misdemeanor, though prosecutors later elevated the offense to a felony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
He puts a hand to his chest in mock offense.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
Seeking to deny Lavie mental health diversion, prosecutors said she was plotting behind bars and engaging in conduct very similar to the charged offenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
However, faced with missing the playoffs for the fifth straight season, the Giants shipped his expiring contract to a team that has October ambitions but one of the National League’s worst offenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Opposing offenses built entire game plans around them, knowing it would often take throwing two guys in their way to give the quarterback a chance of getting a pass off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The appeals to the emergency docket have long outnumbered those to the merits docket, but most are procedural requests or requests to stay execution for capital offenses.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
The consequences for minor offenses like being late to class or not participating were stupid—they wanted me to write an essay—so I took another day off school and Bingo!
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing offense
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Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
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