conquest

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Sheinbaum's predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, had demanded in 2019 that Spain apologise for human rights violations during its conquest.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

By episode three, the Doctor has stolen a vital component needed for the conquest, but after leaving Kembel they are forced to land on penal planet Desperus - pursued by the Daleks.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Noble makes Richard’s conquest not only convincing but something of a sport.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

It was a fever dream of geopolitical conquest.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

In particular, the Tongan Archipelago lies close enough to the Fijian, Samoan, and Wallis Archipelagoes to have permitted regular voyaging between archipelagoes, and eventually to permit Tongans to undertake the conquest of Fiji.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond