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They claim North Carolina, vanquish Collins, and spring upsets in Texas and Alaska.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

What follows focuses on Martin and Lora’s daughter Josie, who forges a successful life—she goes to Harvard and starts a family—but can never vanquish her longing for her father’s return.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 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

This pattern shows that one side rarely vanquishes the other outright, especially with foreign states ready to step in.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2023

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

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2022

The verse in Crimp’s woos and vanquishes just as seductively, though the leaner verse couples of rap battles and poetry slams.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2020

It moves like an action thriller, with the high-energy Washington track “Street Fighter Mas” scoring a narrative involving Washington as a kung-fu style protagonist who vanquishes a competitor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2018

If he vanquishes me in fight, then will these thy praises be regarded as well-uttered."'"

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

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

Racial discrimination has by no means been vanquished from the U.S., and no decent person wants to see race relations return to what they were 70 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

The diet culture of the ’90s was never totally vanquished, and Ozempic has complicated narratives about body size, health, and self-love, to put it mildly.

From Slate ● Mar. 31, 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

She then folded herself up into that loaf shape peculiar to cats and regarded her vanquished foe with enormous feline satisfaction, her duty done.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

As the play opens he is returning to Rome as a lauded hero, having led the city’s forces in vanquishing the Goths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

However, once Hernán Cortés triumphed, the conquistadors went from waging war — vanquishing the Aztecs — to the project of subjugating Indigenous holdouts and building a self-sustaining territory loyal to the crown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 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

He fared better than his twin, vanquishing an elderly knight whose mount was bedecked with silver griffins against a striped blue-and-white field.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin