offensive
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BBC Wales has been shown copies of dozens of offensive Facebook posts, often using inflammatory language, from an account in Roberts' name, stretching from 2022 to 2025.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
One approach is the launch of a public-relations offensive to show it is actively pressing to support an increase in maritime traffic through the strait, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
And a quiet offensive night for the Dodgers wasted a quality start from right-hander Emmett Sheehan.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Her home country Japan has backed Ukraine since the start of the Russian offensive and joined Western sanctions against Moscow.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Now was the time to go on the offensive, they said.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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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