Vanquishing Sentence Examples

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  • Vanquishing world child hunger and starvation might only be a chimera.

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  • He found fame leading the EEF in a brilliant open campaign, finally vanquishing the Turks in Palestine in 1918.

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  • Well, after Christmas there suddenly was a surplus of these toys, bringing prices back down to a reasonable amount and vanquishing the enigma that the toys seem to harbor when they weren't in your child's closet.

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  • Yes, the Rebellion had not succeeded in vanquishing the evil Emperor, but they had scored a signal victory, destroying the planet-killing Death Star battlestation and getting away with it.

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  • In 851 the Dublin Vikings succeeded in vanquishing the Danes after a three days' battle at Snaim Aignech (Carlingford Lough), whereupon the defeated party under their leader Horm took service with Cerball, king of Ossory.

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