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Some gyms and saunas still maintain "no tattoo zones" on the grounds that certain tattoos "are too intimidating and may offend other guests".

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

“Least as in least likely to offend the president with the rerun of ‘Comics Unleashed’ from 2007 featuring Paula Poundstone and Andy Dick.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

It seems it was either unaware—or unbothered—that renaming MetLife for the World Cup as “New York New Jersey Stadium” might offend sensibilities west of the Hudson River.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

Yet the majority treats Louisiana’s mapmaking choices that offend Section 2 as if they arrived unmarked by history.

From Slate ● May 8, 2026

I didn’t want to offend Pachamama, and if she felt I wasn’t worthy to plant, then I would not have done so again.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

Nabbing people as they wait for jobs as roofers or drywallers, or raiding hotels and farms as they do useful things and earn money for themselves and their families, offends natural sensibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

“And that offends people that aren’t from here.”

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

"Crass content can be criticised if it offends you. However, you cannot have the state persecute and lock up people for offending your 'moral sentiments'," he wrote in a post on X.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025

At the very least, that's not something that offends people.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024

“The slightest air of disbelief offends it, naturally. How would you feel if people refused to believe in you?”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

How in the wild, wild west, the offended will ask, can Netflix appropriate/violate/denigrate such a classic?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Anna keeps prefacing her remarks with the words “no offense,” but Pete can’t help being offended by her pointed disdain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Most people said they wouldn’t be offended, though some offered situations in which they would also feel confused.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

Turkey on Tuesday expressed alarm over a weekend gig by Kanye West in Istanbul attended by nearly 120,000 fans, saying it included elements that offended its spiritual sensitivities.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

But I couldn’t be one, nor was I to call anyone a jíbaro, lest they be offended.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

"This offending thrives in secrecy online and behind closed doors. It is the job of the criminal justice system to bring it out into the open to deliver for victims and survivors."

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

But lawyers for the boys argued the judge had approached sentencing correctly, giving the best chance of rehabilitation while protecting against future offending.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

He also said the judge's sentencing remarks had made "limited reference to the marked impact of this offending on both victims and the clear evidence of extensive harm suffered as a result".

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

The BBC has discovered the authorities made frequent attempts to curb Flowers and Jubair's offending - raising questions over the effectiveness of such interventions with young cyber-criminals.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

But the anger she felt at her father boiled within her, driving away any fear of offending Maire Morighan.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo