conquer
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What about the quest for supremacy, the seemingly eternal human desire to conquer the world?
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Ben Wang delivers a breakthrough performance in the title role as a kid who tries to conquer his anxiety issues head-on by running for class president.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
"We need more of that too, because we need to connect again much more with people. We will need to conquer the hearts and minds again."
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
It is an accomplishment of modern thinking to get to the point where we said, “You can’t go around conquering territory, and to conquer a territory doesn’t mean you have a right to the territory.”
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
Pizarro had similarly grim luck when he landed on the coast of Peru in 1531 with 168 men to conquer the Inca Empire of millions.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
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