conquest
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Making it tougher still is sound bleed from a film detailing the 1781 British conquest of the island, a problem that headphones could solve.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
The Revolutionary War opened the West to conquest and settlement but also exposed its dangers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Behind the dispute are competing narratives about historical memory between Mexico and Spain, which ruled Mexico for three centuries, starting with the Spanish conquest in 1521.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
King Felipe of Spain appears to have helped thaw frosty relations with Mexico by acknowledging abuses carried out by his country during its conquest.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
The sole Native Americans able to resist European conquest for many centuries were those tribes that reduced the military disparity by acquiring and mastering both horses and guns.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing conquest
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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"Remarks at the Dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center," Vocabulary from the speech
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The Middle East and Central Asia - Introductory
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