conquered

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Ashgabat draws the origins of the cult to Turkmenistan's pre-statehood era, when nomadic tribes lived on the desert lands before Russia conquered them in the 19th century.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The compression of history in “This Land” is no more evident than in the filmmakers’ use of the Donner Party to introduce the Golden State as a frontier to be conquered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

"Iran doesn't have an independence day because they have not been conquered since the days of Alexander the Great."

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The German ultranationalists who conquered Prague in 1939 took an even more extreme view.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Everybody resents this inconvenience, and everyone becomes the ruler’s enemy; and these are enemies that can be harmful, since, although conquered, they remain in their own homes.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli