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Recent Examples of annexation
As such, there is very little evidence that Russia’s territorial annexations – or an agreement recognizing these, which is what Russia wants – will have any legitimacy among Ukraine’s population.
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Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
And if stopping a narcotics flow was the goal, why would the president demand annexation of Canada or parts of Canada?
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
The big picture: The new policy marks yet another escalation in the friction between the U.S. and its northern neighbors, as President Trump pushes an on-again, off-again trade war with Canada and taunts the U.S. ally with annexation.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Odd Andersen | Afp | Getty Images The outgoing prime minister of Greenland blasted talk Thursday by President Donald Trump that the potential annexation of the massive Arctic island by the United States would happen.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
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Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
And if stopping a narcotics flow was the goal, why would the president demand annexation of Canada or parts of Canada?
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
The big picture: The new policy marks yet another escalation in the friction between the U.S. and its northern neighbors, as President Trump pushes an on-again, off-again trade war with Canada and taunts the U.S. ally with annexation.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Odd Andersen | Afp | Getty Images The outgoing prime minister of Greenland blasted talk Thursday by President Donald Trump that the potential annexation of the massive Arctic island by the United States would happen.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annexation
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Trump falsely accused the South African government of a rights violation against white Afrikaner farmers by seizing their land through a new expropriation law.—
Gerald Imray,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
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In the order, Trump claimed that Afrikaners—descendants of Dutch colonial settlers—are being targeted under a new law allowing government expropriation of private land.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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The violence is raising concerns of a gang takeover, with Hérard’s name being often cited along with others as a possible beneficiary of the effort.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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The same day, Columbia moved to expel and suspend for multiple years students involved in last spring’s takeover of Hamilton Hall.—
Cayla Bamberger,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Any process of sequestration should be adjusted as tax and spending estimates change over time.—
R. Glenn Hubbard,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Nov. 2014
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Beyond that the potential sequestration deadline of April 30, and the prospect of the government hitting the debt ceiling deadline perhaps later in 2025 mean that government funding may continue to have market impact this year. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.—
Simon Moore,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Today in the Planet Money newsletter, what is presidential impoundment power?—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
18 Feb. 2025
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For example, litigation may be a way for the administration to convince courts that the president’s impoundment power should be expanded.—
Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
7 Feb. 2025
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Longstanding disagreements over private right of action and preemption, as well as wariness on regulating AI, got in the way.—
Maria Curi,
Axios,
12 Feb. 2025
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Ultimately, Israel's ability to maintain its security will depend on the willingness of its political leaders to enforce this new preemption doctrine.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
27 Nov. 2024
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The appropriations bill will advance to the Senate floor, but it's not yet scheduled.—
Worth Sparkman,
Axios,
20 Mar. 2025
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Pelosi emphasized that appropriations leaders Rosa DeLauro and Patty Murray had presented a better alternative — a four-week extension to allow for continued negotiations.—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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That insight often comes from someone testing a previously unchallenged assumption.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Showdown at Little Rock Similar assumptions guided events even in places where desegregation appeared to be working.—
Essence,
Essence,
22 Mar. 2025
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The egg seizures are outpacing border officials' interception of fentanyl.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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Investigators had confiscated more than 335 pounds of meth, nearly 9 pounds of heroin, more than 1,500 fentanyl pills and more than $150,000 during the years-long operation before Wednesday’s seizures.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Annexation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexation. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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