conqueror
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Gilgamesh returns to his kingdom of Uruk not as a conqueror but as a witness: to loss, to limitation, to the fragile beauty of what cannot last.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Nandor is only doing what any thin-skinned former conqueror would do in a world that dismisses him, throwing wild swings in the dark.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2024
Van Gerwen's conqueror Suljovic will play Dave Chisnall, while world number one Humphries has been drawn to play Benjamin Reus of Denmark.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024
His company is not just a builder of cars but also a purveyor of thrills, a breaker of records, a conqueror of the public imagination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
He followed this plan and ever after has been identified by history as the city’s conqueror.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
He even hailed Britain's role in colonizing North America -- a controversial subject given the atrocities against native people by waves of European conquerors who crossed the Atlantic.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
While they do have to play Bayern Munich, Inter and Atletico Madrid, Arsenal were otherwise drawn against low-seeded teams in Pots 2, 3 and 4, including Celtic's Kazakh conquerors Kairat Almaty.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
Men who seize this opportunity are not conquered or conquerors.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2024
In Mexico, they were apparently brought by the Spanish conquerors, but may also replicate pre-Hispanic traditions.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
Not wanting to join Christendom, they also know that they cannot prevail in a direct confrontation with their conquerors.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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