vanquish
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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
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
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But then I hear Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton mewl, and I’m suddenly hoping alongside Anita that someone vanquishes their foes with an unassailable vision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
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
The only thing I didn’t like about Near Dark at the time was its ending: Caleb vanquishes Jesse and Severen and manages to reverse the vampirism afflicting him and Mae by transfusing his father’s blood.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2017
There are two natures in us, occasionally, and the one vanquishes and overwhelms the other.
From Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century by Vernon Lee
The people of New York vanquished him with none of the spite he has spent decades sowing, but with grace, love, and pride in their city.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
But before it was vanquished, the blaze chewed through about a third of the island, one of five that comprise Channel Islands National Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
A mystery not long ago, San Antonio’s star from France has conquered the NBA and vanquished its defending champion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Flags of every homebuilding giant flew on vanquished ground: DR Horton, Lennar.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Squires dashed onto the field to help the vanquished knight to his feet.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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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 work represents "the vanquishing of nuclear war through the historic treaty between the Soviet Union and the United States", according to the UN website.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025
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
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Grade 10, List 1
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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