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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

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

One of these companies has a slightly more tolerable vision than the rest, although it’s fair to question whether any one of these ideals could ever vanquish the others.

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2026

ALBUS: “The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...”

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

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

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

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

At her trial a knight appears, drawn by a swan, champions her and vanquishes her accuser.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

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

It was the Hufflepuff who, with the help of passengers, vanquished the dementor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 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

Flags of every homebuilding giant flew on vanquished ground: DR Horton, Lennar.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

This spirit often turned the victors into the vanquished.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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 committed the United States to vanquishing the dictators who would deprive others of their freedom.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly