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

"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

But even though these systems have mastered chess, conquered Go and unfolded nearly all of the known proteins in the universe, they were initially flummoxed by the mere concept of a bracket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

It has conquered Silicon Valley, jolted Wall Street and even managed to scramble Anthropic’s fiercest rival.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

My old fears, my diffidence, my shyness, my hopeless sense of inferiority, must be conquered now and thrust aside.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier