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 70-year-old Kroenke has conquered nearly all of the richest and most popular leagues in sports, write Andrew Beaton and Joshua Robinson.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The Portuguese, he writes, were by the 17th century the first colonial power to grasp the financial potential in basing industrialized agriculture on mass slavery abetted by the seizure of conquered land.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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

Many became enamoured of the Darkness and the black arts; some were given over wholly to idleness and ease, and some fought among themselves, until they were conquered in their weakness by the wild men.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien