annexing

present participle of annex

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Recent Examples of annexing It was suspended from the G8 after annexing Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014. Sylvie Corbet, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025 But Putin has used ahistorical revisionism to argue Ukraine is not a legitimate country, annexing Crimea in 2014 and launching a full-scale invasion in February 2022. Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025 The proposal includes closing and reclaiming the quarry, as well as annexing about 104 acres into Brisbane’s city limits. Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025 For a decade, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been the West’s pariah after first annexing Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and then launching a full-scale invasion of the country. Alexander Smith, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025 The board also is scheduled to vote that night on annexing the property from Iredell County and extending water and sewer to the site. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2025 The city of Hialeah hired an engineering firm to conduct a feasibility study, which revealed annexing 150 acres of the community would generate revenue for the city, el Nuevo Herald reported in 2023. Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025 Commissioners also unanimously approved annexing and extending utilities to the site. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2025 His undiplomatic talk in recent days of reclaiming the Panama Canal — and annexing Greenland and even Canada — have left world leaders scrambling to respond. Scott Neuman, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025

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