offensive
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Such reallocations might seem especially likely these days with companies facing an enormous need to spend on AI, both for offensive and defensive reasons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Not only was Harbaugh hitting his stride in Los Angeles, he had also brought in former Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel, regarded as one of the game’s savviest tacticians, as his new offensive coordinator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
That marked both the end of Skubal’s start and the beginning of the Dodgers’ offensive onslaught.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Changes also will be apparent on the offensive line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The duct tape does nothing to hide the offensive olive-green flower pattern that’s stitched into the worn yellow velour covering her cushions and scalloped back.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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The war began in earnest on March 20, 2003, with comprehensive air and ground offensives as coalition troops crossed into Iraq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Rebel factions have pledged to block the vote from the enclaves they control, and the junta has admitted the vote cannot be held nationwide, but is waging offensives in a bid to claw back ground.
From Barron's ● Jan. 5, 2026
He shouldn’t have lasted two innings but he survived, squelching early Dodger offensives and holding them to those two early runs while completing four innings despite three walks and four hits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
At the same time, Russia was fortifying its defensive lines, converting its economy to war production, conscripting hundreds of thousands of fighters and adjusting its strategy for renewed offensives this winter.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2024
And he refrained for the moment from ordering further offensives.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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Vocabulary lists containing offensive
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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