reconquer
Americanverb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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So how would I spend a mammoth bankroll of donor cash to reconquer our unruly, downwardly mobile American males?
From Slate • May 21, 2025
Reconquista takes its name from the successful effort by Christian leaders to reconquer vast parts of the Iberian peninsula from its Islamic rulers and expel Muslims during the Middle Ages.
From Washington Times • May 5, 2023
"In the AD910s, around the time this coin was struck, you've got King Edward the Elder moving east and north to reconquer East Anglia, which the Vikings held since they did-in King Edmund."
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2022
But rich French colonists continued to press to reconquer the territory, and they found another sympathetic ear when the Bourbon monarchy returned to power.
From New York Times • May 20, 2022
Having a giant at my side to help me reconquer Lyttyrboks.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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