conquer

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Around 300 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” the dragonlord led a campaign, with his sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys, to conquer six of the seven kingdoms of Westeros.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 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

And not everyone buys the self-help message that we can conquer the universe in every possible way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Sunny says that as Twiggy, I sparkle and conquer.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins