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veni, vidi, vici

American  
[wey-nee wee-dee wee-kee, vee-nahy vahy-dahy vahy-sahy, ven-ee vee-dee vee-chee, -see] / ˈweɪ ni ˈwi di ˈwi ki, ˈvi naɪ ˈvaɪ daɪ ˈvaɪ saɪ, ˈvɛn i ˈvi di ˈvi tʃi, -si /
Latin.
  1. I came, I saw, I conquered.


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My server at the pizzeria where I dined, a jovial young man, had a tattoo on his arm: veni, vidi, vici.

From New York Times Sep. 23, 2020

We call it veni vidi vici: I come, I see, I conquer.

From The Guardian Jul. 2, 2012

"I was simply trying to find some explanation for his veni, vidi, vici."

From The Zeppelin's Passenger by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

And the old classics were almost unrecognisable in English guise, for instance, the anglicised veni, vidi, vici, which was quoted by a student.

From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes

My hairs and oath are of one length for, with Caesar, thus write I mine own story: veni, vidi, vici.

From The Noble Spanish Soldier by Thomas Dekker

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