counteroffensive
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Conflict in the Arabian peninsula is escalating after Saudi-backed forces launched a counteroffensive to retake territory along the Red Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
He added that the U.S. was expecting the counteroffensive would happen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The EU pursues its trade counteroffensive with some economic wind at its back.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
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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