The aim is to get the countries to identify, report and deny entry to offending vessels.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

It will soften your speech so that you can pose the question without offending the other person.

它会很好地柔化你的言辞，这样你就可以在不冒犯其他人的情况下提出自己的问题。

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He wanted to express his racial identity without offending whites.

VOA: special.2011.02.20

With such growing clout, some believe the Obama administration has gone out of its way to avoid offending Beijing.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

We are continuing to challenge the matter in court." Malema said he would substitute the offending words with another phrase, but continue to sing it.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

Many in the opposition party are refraining from criticizing the president's nominee, largely to avoid offending Hispanics, one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing ethnic groups.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

Besides India,the defendants allegedly also planned to carry out attacks in Denmark, where a newspaper cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad in 2005 was published, offending many Muslims.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30