empire

Example Sentences

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Since last year, when the RSF overran parts of Darfur and Kordofan, the militia has commandeered the gum trade, integrating it into its smuggling empire and further starving government coffers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Parton, who turned 80 in January, wants to keep expanding that empire even after a difficult period following the death of her husband, Carl Dean, and her own health challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

For a woman who Hollywood exiles into the Nevada desert, only for her to build an empire and return to Los Angeles to conquer the industry, besting cancer should be a cinch.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

Fu lived in American communities but sought to use mind control and esoteric sciences to bring down the Western empire.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

The Ulster Scots were, for the most part, foot soldiers in the formation of the North American empire.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz