conqueror
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Gilgamesh returns to his kingdom of Uruk not as a conqueror but as a witness: to loss, to limitation, to the fragile beauty of what cannot last.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
The stylized tableau depicted Columbus as a noble conqueror: one hand raised to the horizon, the other lifting a veil from a globe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2025
But it seems more and more obvious that he's seriously entertaining fantasies of being some sort of world conqueror.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025
Chris Hemsworth, in one of the most colorful and transformative performances of his career, plays the villain Dementus with the flair of a deranged Roman conqueror.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
If there has ever been a conqueror who did not exact this most devastating tithe from his subjects, he is unknown to history.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
The ancient world had many kings and conquerors, but there was no one like Alexander the Great.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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
Theirs is the other grand story from would-be California conquerors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025
Men who seize this opportunity are not conquered or conquerors.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2024
She was the seed of kings and conquerors, and so too the child inside her.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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