How To Use Reconquer In A Sentence
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In the 6th century, when the Byzantines attempted to reconquer the Western Empire, a brief period of direct Byzantine trade with Britain seems to have occurred.
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They were pawns in the Vatican's plan to reconquer Scotland and reinstate the regime of the cardinals, the bishops and the priests.
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It was clear now that Britain could not possibly hope to ever reconquer the American colonies, not without the cost of thousands of young men.
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Attracting numerous barbarian auxiliaries through generous payments, Justinian managed to reconquer much of Italy and the coastal strip of southern Spain, bolstering his claim to be reviving the empire's glory.
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The Spanish returned to reconquer the Rio Grande area in 1692.
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Mr. Dobbs has reported as fact the so-called Aztlan conspiracy, which claims that undocumented Mexican immigrants are part of a plot to "reconquer" the American Southwest.
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But after the Austrian defeat at Wagram, the French under Eugène reconquered the region.
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But he was eager to emulate his father and reconquer parts of Germany lost after the defeat of Quinctilius Varus.
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However, by 1920 it was reconquered by Russia, and in 1922 it became a constituent part of the Soviet Union, as part of the Transcaucasian Socialist Soviet Republic.
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From here, by arrangement with the Georgian government, Gelayev's fighters set out to assist in reconquering Abkhazia and to open up a second front against Russia.
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On his way to reconquer Scotland, Edward died near Carlisle.
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While the initial Haitian revolution did succeed without facing all that many French soldiers, Napoleon did later send a large army to reconquer the island, which failed largely due to yellow fever outbreaks, as Fostert points out.
Matthew Yglesias » Did Haiti Form a Pact With the Devil?
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In the first half of the 6th century Byzantine forces attempted to reconquer the Western Roman Empire, successfully restoring Roman rule in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and southern Spain by the 550s.
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On 28 May the port was successfully reconquered by French and Norwegian troops, and the German forces under Maj-General Eduard Dietl were pushed back towards the Swedish frontier.
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Thirteen years later the British reconquered Sudan after the butchery at the Battle of Omdurman.
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On 25 October 1944, when the Americans were trying to reconquer the Philippines, the destroyer USS Johnston and a handful of lights ships spotted the approach of a huge Japanese fleet off Samar.
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When are you going to do some critical reporting on the new black panther party, or the mexican groups which threaten to "reconquer" the southwest?
The Clog
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However, he was also committed to reconquering his father's lands in Normandy, Anjou and especially in Poitou.
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The city was reconquered by Christian forces in 1085.
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A crusade left Europe in an attempt to reconquer the Holy City.
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Republican forces of liberation rose up in March 1848 against their Austrian overlords and held the city for over a year before it was reconquered after a bitter siege.
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A crusade left Europe in an attempt to reconquer the Holy City.
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He wrote heartfelt petrarchan sonnets extolling his employers, and in 1551 wrote awestruck from the reconquered Pisa, while painting the ducal children: "I am continually with these most saintly sovereigns, and I rejoice in the blessed sweetness of so good and benign a prince.
Bronzino's Medici portraits – review
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In the 1814 plan there was no hope to reconquer the United States, but with a British army firmly ensconced in the interior of New York, amid what the British yet again assumed was a sympathetic population, the Americans might have to concede a more southerly border for the Canadian provinces, if not in New York, then perhaps in Maine.
Between War and Peace
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DENVER -- La reconquista, a radical movement calling for Mexico to "reconquer" America's Southwest, has stepped out of the shadows at recent immigration-reform protests nationwide as marchers held signs saying, "Uncle Sam Stole Our Land!" and waved Mexico's flag.
From On High
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Emperor Justinian reconquered North Africa and part of Italy, making Ravenna the western capital, but his success was shortlived.
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Alfonso I and his son Sancho I reconquered the remaining Portuguese territory from the Muslims.
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These are people who want to 'reconquer' the entire American Southwest ceded to the U.S. in 1848 and have it become part of Mexico again.
Flag Wavers and Saber Rattlers: James Wolcott
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The country reconquered the territory lost in the previous war
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The Cold War expressed the unrelenting military and economic pressure that the US exerted against the Soviet Union in its drive to reconquer those territories that had been lost to capitalism.
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One D.F. cabbie railed to this reporter against Americans who feel they can come to Mexico to "reconquer" the Indians.
Taxi Driver
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In the 1814 plan there was no hope to reconquer the United States, but with a British army firmly ensconced in the interior of New York, amid what the British yet again assumed was a sympathetic population, the Americans might have to concede a more southerly border for the Canadian provinces, if not in New York, then perhaps in Maine.
Between War and Peace
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By the end of World War II, Estonia had been reconquered by the Red Army, and Stalin annexed it.
Estonian Symbolism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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We do not want to confront Russia with it's huge resources, but it's Russia that wants to reconquer Georgia.
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Mendoza was born in Granada, the last city in Spain to be reconquered from the Moors.
The first and the best: Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza
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He departed thence and came back to Cardoil, bringing with him all the knights that he had in charge, and told the King that he had reconquered for him all the islands, and that the King of Oriande was dead and that his land was attorned to the Law of Our Lord.
The High History of the Holy Graal
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His mother, always prone to periods of melancholy and depression, mourned the Old Regime and believed that the legitimists could reconquer France and restore both the royal line and true religion.
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In late 1778 and 1779, British forces reconquered Georgia, the only state completely subdued during the war.
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The innovations that Alfred introduced meant that within twenty years of his death, most of the Danelaw had been reconquered by the West Saxon kings and their Mercian allies.
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When the Byzantines reconquered their capital in 1261, they attempted to restore its past glory but could never recreate its former strength.
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He wrote heartfelt petrarchan sonnets extolling his employers, and in 1551 wrote awestruck from the reconquered Pisa, while painting the ducal children: "I am continually with these most saintly sovereigns, and I rejoice in the blessed sweetness of so good and benign a prince.
Bronzino's Medici portraits – review
