colonizing

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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

"So, we are now colonizing that central space, and the bacterium is essentially ridding the body of the tumor."

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

Partly as a result of the moral quandaries, Mr. Solomon finishes his book far more ambivalent about colonizing Mars than he was at the outset.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

SpaceX is pivoting away from Elon Musk’s dream of colonizing Mars and is instead focusing on something a little closer: settling the moon.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

Then colonizing species like lupine appeared, preparing the ground for the return of the grasses.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann