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conquest

[kon-kwest, kong-] / ˈkɒn kwɛst, ˈkɒŋ- /




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The conquest took place around 300 years before the events of “Game of Thrones” and is detailed in George R.R.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

It all reduces to the promise of small daily actions that, over time, build into the conquest of your wildest dreams.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

It tells the story of the Norman conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

London's sold-out Bayeux Tapestry exhibition will open Thursday to a British public gripped by "mania" as the medieval artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England goes on display outside France for the first time.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Wherever Europeans arrived to set up New World colonies—from Canada down to Chile and Peru and across the Caribbean—slavery became key to the conquest of the Americas.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

The Al-Bass site is centred on a necropolis that dates back three millennia to Tyre's time as a major Phoenician city and was still in use until the Arab conquests of the 7h Century.

From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026

He’s aware that online critics could dispute his conquests, so sometimes he insists on visiting multiple points.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

Covering 500 years and events from conquests to wars to racism, “America, América” should be required reading in those history classes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025

From 1815 to 1914, London presided over an expanding global system marked by industry, capital exports and colonial conquests, all spurred by the integration of the planet via railroad, steamship, telegraph and ultimately radio.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2024

I’ll bet it was that imbecilic Kurt Kiefer who spilled the beans on her, after he got back to Paris and blabbed about his conquests.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein


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