offense
Example Sentences
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Wheeler has started next to Plum often for a double point guard backcourt, but without her they have to change the way they play offense again.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026
His offense was no more than to hurt people’s feelings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
A lower court agreed, holding that the government had to prove, by “clear and convincing evidence,” that the individual committed this kind of offense.
From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026
“We continue to drive our own momentum and are playing offense, led by our retail business expansion,” CEO Melinda D. Whittington said.
From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026
“We have no openings in the corps de ballet, mademoiselle. Or among the principal dancers either, unless you are a prima ballerina assoluta, which, no offense, I think you are not.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing offense
Set, Hut! Football Vocabulary
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Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
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