conquerors

plural of conqueror

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Recent Examples of conquerors Barcelona and Manchester City (in both domestic cups) were their elite conquerors in those competitions, though the 7-2 scoreline of the second leg at Camp Nou was embarrassing. The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 26 May 2026 Football, too, was brought to colonies by conquerors, only to be embraced by the conquered and remade anew. Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026 But legend has it that despite the might of these ancient conquerors, pockets of Sardinia sometimes managed to defend themselves. IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026 In the same jungle, centuries earlier, a group of Spanish conquerors falls to that same ruthless force. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026 In America, deconstructing our national mythology and recasting early Puritan settlers as bloodthirsty conquerors helped zero American Indians. Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026 The giant Brân the Blessed’s head, which spoke for many years after it was severed, lies buried under a white hill, on top of which the Norman conquerors built a fort, known to later generations as the White Tower, or just the Tower of London. Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 At the same time, the New World’s conquerors mocked the idea of humanity’s oneness, laying the foundation for race supremacy. Greg Grandin september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025 The American conquerors of Hawaii wanted this game banned. Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conquerors
Noun
  • Lionel Messi was, for once, not on the scoresheet in the final matchup as Argentina came through 3-1 winners against Switzerland after extra time to set up a tie with England.
    The Athletic Soccer Experts, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • The online competition features ice cream shops from across the country in a bracket-style format, with winners advancing through head-to-head matchups based on public voting.
    Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • One of the victors is this exquisite 1937 Delage D8-120 S Aerodynamic Coupe, with flowing bodywork by Parisian coachbuilder Marcel Pourtout.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 July 2026
  • So this was really a dispute among the justices about understanding how far the victors basically of the civil war wanted to go in enshrining ideas about broad US citizenship.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 July 2026

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