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vanquish

[vang-kwish, van-] / ˈvæŋ kwɪʃ, ˈvæn- /


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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

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

Instead, still a couple of weeks out from his 18th birthday, Littler calmly made his way through the rounds and then put in a display as mature as it was astonishing to vanquish Van Gerwen.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025

Unfortunately for us, we could not vanquish him sufficiently to prevent his return.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2024

At the moment, the only victory he wanted was to vanquish an ice-cold drink and maybe some nachos.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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