conquer

Example Sentences

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Narbonne is the last City team to conquer the state’s top division, claiming back-to-back Division I titles in 2000 and 2001, long before the Open debuted.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 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

It is an accomplishment of modern thinking to get to the point where we said, “You can’t go around conquering territory, and to conquer a territory doesn’t mean you have a right to the territory.”

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

To get on the podium in figure skating, Nikita Volodin had to conquer the triple twist—and Germany’s grueling citizenship test.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

“I know you can’t, sweetheart. But you don’t make an effort to conquer it.”

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier