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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 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

The goals of American foreign policy tend to extend beyond the defense of territory, the conquest or defeat of others, or the gaining of political or economic advantage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

A summary of the last 13,000 years of New World and western Eurasian history makes clear how Europe’s conquest of the Americas was merely the culmination of two long and mostly separate historical trajectories.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

He’s aware that online critics could dispute his conquests, so sometimes he insists on visiting multiple points.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

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 ultimately radio.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2024

From these kinds of soldiers, therefore, come only slow, tardy, and weak conquests but sudden and astonishing losses.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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