conquest

Example Sentences

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By episode three, the Doctor has stolen a vital component needed for the conquest, but after leaving Kembel they are forced to land on penal planet Desperus - pursued by the Daleks.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Noble makes Richard’s conquest not only convincing but something of a sport.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

It was a fever dream of geopolitical conquest.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

On Saturday, leaders of his party largely refrained from joining a thousands-strong march against American conquest, which was described as the largest protest in Greenland’s modern history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Cortes believed that the military conquest of the Alliance had to be accompanied and justified by an equivalent spiritual conquest.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann