offensive
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Charm Offensive: Artificial-intelligence companies appear to be organizing around a simple message in the face of rising public anxiety about the negative potential effects of their world-changing technology: We come in peace.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
In the 1968 Tet Offensive, U.S. forces crushed the Viet Cong, dealing a near-fatal blow to the communist insurgency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Offensive coordinator Brennan Marion called Ponder “a joy to be around & coach!”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
Offensive coordinator Austin Pettis, an Orange Lutheran graduate, could be a top candidate.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was part of a larger Allied offensive taking place all along the Western Front as German armies fell back to the Hindenburg Line—their last line of resistance.
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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American Football, 1st Quarter
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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