colonizing

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At this point in his public arc, his affinity for the material is more like a colonizing claim.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

The company speaks openly about its ambitions to put humans on Mars, and has even tied a massive bonus for Musk to colonizing the red planet with one million inhabitants.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Musk has publicly touted out-of-this-world objectives for the company, from deploying a huge number of AI satellites in the future to eventually colonizing Mars.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Old Town, my slightly disheveled neighborhood of churches, Mexican-adjacent tchotchke shops, is where missionaries established their first mission, colonizing the town that belonged to the country south of the US border.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

“Rumor has it that once the king is finished with his war against Wendlyn, he’ll begin colonizing the West.”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas