conquered

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Until Friday there’d actually been something of a Genoissance; Auriemma the defending champion who’d conquered the chaotic NIL era of college basketball and returned UConn to the summit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The Portuguese, he writes, were by the 17th century the first colonial power to grasp the financial potential in basing industrialized agriculture on mass slavery abetted by the seizure of conquered land.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"She came, she saw, she conquered," remembers Tony Blair.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Riley ended his talk with what was essentially an inspirational pregame speech as the Lakers prepared to play the rival he finally conquered, those Boston Celtics.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

To give up those conquered lands, German leaders argued, would be to lose the war.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman