conquer
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What about the quest for supremacy, the seemingly eternal human desire to conquer the world?
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Around 300 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” the dragonlord led a campaign, with his sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys, to conquer six of the seven kingdoms of Westeros.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
"We need more of that too, because we need to connect again much more with people. We will need to conquer the hearts and minds again."
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
With viewers set to find out if the pair's simmering forbidden love can conquer all, Australian actress Yerin Ha, who plays Sophie, tells Newsbeat that representing her community is all she's "ever wanted".
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
What was so special about the new Sapiens language that it enabled us to conquer the world?
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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