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Opened in 1991, just as gay men were colonizing Chelsea, Splash pioneered a new kind of gay bar: it was big, sleek and shiny.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2013

Unfortunately, they were colonizing her head of beautiful, thick hair.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the French were colonizing Indochina in the middle of the 19th century, the Vietnamese were just in the process of conquering Cambodia.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1657 the Zeelanders firmly established themselves in the Pomeroon, Moruca and Demerara rivers, and by 1674 the Dutch were colonizing all the territory now known as British and Dutch Guiana.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various