Example Sentences
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Multiple hurdles had to be conquered to make the groundbreaking ride — which finally opens this summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
On a stage at the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, the chief executive of Australian airline Qantas declares: "The tyranny of distance has finally been conquered".
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
In 1954 Life magazine described Salk as the man who had conquered polio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Ashgabat draws the origins of the cult to Turkmenistan's pre-statehood era, when nomadic tribes lived on the desert lands before Russia conquered them in the 19th century.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Germany had conquered them, but that didn’t make them love the Germans any more.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
