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Warsh has vowed the Fed will vanquish inflation and meet its 2% goal, but Wall Street investors have grown more doubtful.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

The militias emerged during the U.S. occupation of Iraq and later helped the U.S. vanquish Islamic State.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

Martin writes in “The Hedge Knight” that Aerion “could vanquish Ser Duncan the Tall, but not Dunk of Flea Bottom.”

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026

There is a problem, though, and it comes from the unlikelihood that OpenAI or Anthropic will ever vanquish the other.

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2026

When Bijan traveled to enemy territory to vanquish the boars, he fell in love with a princess, Manijeh, who was the daughter of his country’s greatest enemy.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

For instance, in one scene in the Depardieu film, Cyrano duels and vanquishes a vicomte who insults his nose.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2022

It’s also hard to build a code that vanquishes the back-and-forth.

From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2021

In the first film, Wonder Woman plausibly, for a superhero fantasy, not only helps end World War I but seemingly vanquishes Ares, the God of War, himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2020

The sequel, which George P. Cosmatos directed, vanquishes any trace of interiority and tripled the original’s domestic gross.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2020

He conquers wrath by mildness, the bad with goodness sways, By gifts the miser vanquishes and lies with truth repays.

From The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India by Rouse, W.H.D.

Misinterpreting his ghostly prophecy—“Macbeth shall never vanquished be until / Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him”—the usurping Scottish king believed his reign was secure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Eighty years ago, though the Arsenal of Democracy had vanquished the Axis and weathered a withering Depression, the recovering American people found themselves rich in bills but short on laughs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

Once the slave power had been vanquished, the Reconstruction Congress sought to enshrine birthright citizenship in the Constitution so it could never be stripped away again.

From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026

In this zero-sum view of the world, any perceived enemies must not merely be defeated but vanquished altogether.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

Anthropologically speaking, the trailer park would be preferable, but here I have a gleaming white floor and a firm mattress, and the few resident bugs are easily vanquished.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Whether it’s vanquishing assailants or surreptitiously surveilling enemies, daemons provide significant advantages for their masters.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

It neatly sums up the endgame in which we find ourselves — and his vanquishing of the preacher Eli speaks to what we worship in the United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

In a fascinating footnote, the disgraced admiral reclaimed his reputation and won a peerage in Britain by vanquishing the French in a 1782 naval battle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

The demand for justice for a woman resonates with Durga Puja anyway, a festival built around a goddess vanquishing evil.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024

After the vanquishing of the dragon, there was a feast in the great hall.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz