offensive

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The case has unfolded alongside a parallel legal offensive from Baldoni, who filed a sweeping $400-million countersuit accusing Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, the New York Times and others of defamation and extortion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

The missiles create a “multilayered offensive kill network” enabling Japan to strike targets along the coasts as well as inland areas of neighboring countries, the Chinese military’s flagship newspaper, PLA Daily, said in March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

If you can cut costs and improve revenue, that is an offensive move.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Jackson Lahmeyer, an evangelical pastor in Owasso, Oklahoma, is one of those religious figures who seems to enjoy being offensive.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

But the third daughter, who had become a feminist in the wake of her divorce, said she considered such locker-room entertainments offensive.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez