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conquest

[kon-kwest, kong-] / ˈkɒn kwɛst, ˈkɒŋ- /




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The conquest took place around 300 years before the events of “Game of Thrones” and is detailed in George R.R.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

It all reduces to the promise of small daily actions that, over time, build into the conquest of your wildest dreams.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

The more than 200-foot-long work chronicles the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings and the Norman conquest of England.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

The 11th-century work, which depicts the Norman conquest of England by William the Conqueror, arrived in London in July for a sell-out showcase that runs until July 2027.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Their status as precursors led archaeologists to believe that the subsequent emergence of other complex societies was due to their example—or their conquest.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The Al-Bass site is centred on a necropolis that dates back three millennia to Tyre's time as a major Phoenician city and was still in use until the Arab conquests of the 7h Century.

From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026

At Lefty’s or Grumpy’s, swap powder conquests over a post-piste beer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

But though these art objects carry the weight of centuries of defeats and conquests, they can’t alone engender a cultural identity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024

From 1815 to 1914, London presided over an expanding global system marked by industry, capital exports and colonial conquests, all spurred by the integration of the planet via railroad, steamship, telegraph and radio.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2024

The conquests of Alexander in the late fourth century gave the Greeks firsthand experience of Persia, India, and the Asian kingdoms lying between.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro




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