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In “Bigger Than Fashion: How ‘Streetwear’ Conquered Culture,” Tyler Watamanuk, a longtime writer for GQ, chronicles the slow and bumpy ride to success of a naive group of outsider and self-funded creatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Times columnist Gustavo Arellano, author of “Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America,” said that menu items such as pollo en pipian spoke to Gutierrez’s pride — and confidence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024

Conquered peoples were also expected to provide annual tribute to the Egyptian state.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

“She Conquered the Atlantic,” one newspaper headline proclaimed.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2022

Conquered, or conqueror, they all had one thing in common: they cultivated corn.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz