conqueror
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Price, meanwhile, made it past England's James Wade in the quarter-finals before beating compatriot Jonny Clayton - Littler's conqueror - in the last four.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
This earned Agrippa the gratitude of his friend’s great-uncle, Julius Caesar, the conqueror of Gaul and dictator of Rome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But it seems more and more obvious that he's seriously entertaining fantasies of being some sort of world conqueror.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025
Chris Hemsworth, in one of the most colorful and transformative performances of his career, plays the villain Dementus with the flair of a deranged Roman conqueror.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
Man on earth had a shotglass of time allotted to him, but the pilot approaching the speed of sound was a conqueror of time measured and time lost.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
The ancient world had many kings and conquerors, but there was no one like Alexander the Great.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He even hailed Britain's role in colonizing North America -- a controversial subject given the atrocities against native people by waves of European conquerors who crossed the Atlantic.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
HIRRI, Syria — Mohammad Khalawi explains the devastation of Syria’s Deir al-Zour province through the scars left by the many conquerors who passed through during 13 years of civil war.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
Men who seize this opportunity are not conquered or conquerors.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2024
“But are you sure you are not in the position of those conquerors whose triumphs have cost them too dear? Would not such another ruin you?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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