conquer
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He was obsessed with building the world’s fastest cars to conquer the booming world of auto racing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
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 conquer Spassky and become World Champion, he’d always needed to collect 12½ points, and a win would get him to that magic number.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
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