colonizing

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Old Town, my slightly disheveled neighborhood of churches, Mexican-adjacent tchotchke shops, is where missionaries established their first mission, colonizing the town that belonged to the country south of the US border.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

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

Tengulov said that SpaceX resembles what he called a “narrative stock,” since the company is guided by ambitious goals, such as colonizing Mars.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

"So, we are now colonizing that central space, and the bacterium is essentially ridding the body of the tumor."

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

Once Spain had thus launched the European colonization of America, other European states saw the wealth flowing into Spain, and six more joined in colonizing America.

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