offensive
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At this point, though, Justice Jackson is on the offensive.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
A former Yale offensive lineman, he started his career as a high school football coach after an unsuccessful attempt to make the NFL and now describes himself as a “lifelong entrepreneur.”
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
Brown had challenged Anunoby to step up his offensive rebounding.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Jackson, 27, entering his sixth season with the Rams as one of their anchors on the offensive line, was suspended by the NFL in 2024 for violating its personal conduct policy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
But when the tide of war turned against the British, the Continental Congress was able to focus on an offensive to annihilate the Shawnee Nation in the Ohio Country.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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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