counteroffensive
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He added that the U.S. was expecting the counteroffensive would happen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
The EU pursues its trade counteroffensive with some economic wind at its back.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
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
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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