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conquer

[kong-ker] / ˈkɒŋ kər /




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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

“Love does not in fact conquer all,” said Atallah, now chief executive of Somebody Advisors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

Black men arrive with Columbus as sailors, and other Africans come as soldiers with the Spanish explorers who later conquer and colonize the Caribbean islands and the Americas.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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