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![]() ![]() “We have to remember, as the Bible tells us, that the Benefactors can be great and terrible when they have to be and that they should be treated with caution. “I thought he was going to kill me, Ingrid,” he said. “Eric?” She must have seen the uneasy look on his face. She rolled over, and blinked in the light. He stood up and tested his weight, took a few steps. Still badly bruised, but at least he wasn’t limping anymore. He turned on the lamp and looked at his ankle. He pushed himself up and swung his feet out of bed. Walked by … as if Gallio the Vanquisher were the most loathsome man in the universe.Įric couldn’t get to sleep. He was sure Filoda would reassure him that he wasn’t loathed. But he wanted to make sure Filoda still liked him, so he simply extended his hand in greeting. Anything Gallio said would sound like bird chatter to Filoda. The Anvil rose, silhouetting the Ionic columns of the outdoor bath on top of the hill. He should try to remember more often that he was once the legendary General Publius Gallio Corvinus, vanquisher of worlds, enslaver of whole races, one of Caesar’s handpicked favorites, not a soft and corpulent governor on a backwater planet like Hortus.Īs the last light of day faded from the sky, Filoda appeared over the hillside carrying a basket of olives. He would like to see his belly flat again some day. He didn’t want to believe that the Hortulani could loathe him. The olives were as big as fists and as green as the sea. Later, after Gaius Lurio had departed in his pendeo carrus for the capital, Gallio strolled down an irrigation access lane and climbed the hill into the olive grove. They know we can pin the Anvil to the sky any time we like. There’s no word for extortion in their own language, but they understand the concept well enough. Something about Lurio’s eyes bothered Gallio these days. “Could we not offer them a form of free association?” he suggested. ![]() Gallio glanced at the rolling countryside, where Hortulani farmhands worked in the fields. A conquered race feels not so conquered when they’re given the opportunity to talk.” Roman citizens wishing to stay on Hortus will have to apply for temporary immigrant status until a wider and more detailed immigration bill is adopted.” Lurio sat back and grinned widely. They’ve drafted legislation that demands immediate withdrawal of Roman troops and colonial civil service staff from Hortus. They’ve enacted an unilateral severance treaty, and they tell us they’ll stop paying tribute to Rome in sixty days. “But the Hortulani Senate tells us that their own Societas Scientia has figured out a way to lift the Anvil into a stable orbit, and that therefore they won’t be needing our services anymore. “I wish I could say they were,” replied Lurio. “I hope the talks are of a peaceful nature,” he said. Was he really so far removed from the center of things that he had heard no rumor of talks between Granarium and Elysium? I’m here to conduct talks with the Hortulani’s Senate in Granarium.” ![]() Send us feedback about these examples.“I’ll speak frankly, Gallio,” said Lurio. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'vanquish.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 3 Apr. Cassie Shortsleeve, Men's Health, No matter the government’s position, the AGC will not be easily dismissed and certainly not easily vanquished. Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023 Ahead, the best strategies to reduce or altogether vanquish protein farts. 2023 Seems to me that Pat Riley and his Miami cohorts can’t be thanking the Lakers enough, while Jaime will have to vanquish his dreams of a relatively easy commute from his Camarillo home to Arena. Richard Haass and Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. Vulture, 17 June 2023 Then the devil pops up, and over the course of about a half an hour, the infant Mary vanquishes the devil! - Jeremy Eichler,, 15 June 2023 Even if the West steps up its military assistance, Ukraine is poised to fall well short of vanquishing Russian forces. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 July 2023 And in a real way, Keaton laid the groundwork for the stars that took up the mantle after him, setting the live-action precedent of emphasizing the man as much as the Bat - of playing Bruce Wayne like a tortured soul, vanquishing his demons through psychodramatic cosplay. ![]() Rubin Bryan Denton, New York Times, 29 July 2023 With assistance from the government, the Bell Telephone Company became a monopoly, vanquishing most of its hundreds of rivals. Recent Examples on the Web Finally, after almost five years, ISIS was vanquished and the villagers began to come back. ![]()
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