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Blackstone and others had conquered offices, apartments, malls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

For a while, it seemed as if the stars of the movie, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, had conquered not only the movie musical box office jinx but also all of social media.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024

By 327BC, Alexander the Great had conquered the region and married a Bactrian woman named Roxana, after defeating the Achaemenid ruler.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024

And by 2014, coffee stalwarts Starbucks, Chameleon and La Colombe had conquered the market.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2023

Hoover, who believed that his men should conquer their deficiencies the way he had conquered his childhood stutter, purged anyone who failed to meet his exacting standards.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann