conquer
Example Sentences
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MILAN—The U.S. men’s hockey team has conquered every test since landing at the Olympics.
Then she conquered the ice that has long melted U.S. skaters with one of the most carefree attitudes ever shown by any elite athlete.
To get on the podium in figure skating, Nikita Volodin had to conquer the triple twist—and Germany’s grueling citizenship test.
But while his influence has certainly grown mightier over the decade since “The People v. O.J. Simpson” conquered the 2016 TV season, the quality and memorability of most of his work since has fallen.
From Salon
It is not until the sixth century B.C., when Achaemenid Persians conquered Mesopotamia and much of the Eastern Mediterranean, that dimly perceptible Carthaginians come into view.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
