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Recent Examples of annexation
Meanwhile, Russia’s actions in Ukraine – especially the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the 2022 invasion – challenge the order’s core principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Trump's economic war and annexation threats have infuriated Canadians.
—arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025
There are also mounting concerns among Palestinians that US President Donald Trump may endorse annexation of the occupied territory, which is home to more than 3 million Palestinians.
—Nada Bashir, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
The president also repeatedly has called for the annexation of Canada, disparaging it as the 51st state and addressing its prime minister as governor.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Trump's economic war and annexation threats have infuriated Canadians.
—arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025
There are also mounting concerns among Palestinians that US President Donald Trump may endorse annexation of the occupied territory, which is home to more than 3 million Palestinians.
—Nada Bashir, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
The president also repeatedly has called for the annexation of Canada, disparaging it as the 51st state and addressing its prime minister as governor.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annexation
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Rubio's position comes amid tension between the South African government and the Trump administration over that country's land expropriation law and its anti-Israel stance.—
Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
24 Mar. 2025
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As a teenager who reached the 100 meter backstroke semifinal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, she was publicly drawn to comment on Mugabe's controversial policy of violent expropriation of commercial farms owned by white Zimbabweans.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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Min Aung Hlaing and senior members of his government are shunned and sanctioned by many Western countries for their 2021 takeover and human rights abuses.—
Grant Peck,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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That’s primarily because Lancia models were expensive and rarely seen in the U.S. throughout the five decades before the automaker was acquired by Fiat in 1969, an acquisition that followed some challenging years prior to the takeover that saved the Italian manufacturer from extinction.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2025
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Azolla’s sequestration contributed to lowering atmospheric CO₂ levels from 3,500 ppm to around 500 ppm, according to an August 2000 study published in Nature—a dramatic decline that cooled the planet.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The politics surrounding carbon capture and sequestration are a bit complicated.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
18 Feb. 2025
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh has also written to oppose impoundment.—
Robert Schmad,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
23 Mar. 2025
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This is why the birthright citizenship and impoundment cases are such important bellwethers.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
22 Mar. 2025
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However, if the endangerment finding is repealed, then there is arguably no basis for federal preemption, and these state lawsuits would have legal grounds.—
Patrick Parenteau,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
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Thus, there would be no need for preemption, even in a crisis.—
Richard K. Betts,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Feb. 2018
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Germain emphasized that while fraud in the program was rare, the layoffs left states with no federal oversight, raising questions about how funds will be managed when the current appropriation expires in September.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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In 1974, after President Richard Nixon refused to spend money as directed by appropriations laws, Congress passed the Impoundment Control Act to clarify that no President can unilaterally withhold such funds.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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The assumption is the Wolves won’t be able to do that in each of their final five games, even with one of the league’s most favorable remaining schedules.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2025
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Intricate supply chains and trillions of dollars in investments—made over years based on assumptions of a world where trade barriers were being reduced or would remain constant—are now being upended.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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This can include damage to credit scores, along with the prospect of penalties and collection activities including the seizure of wages, tax refunds, and even Social Security benefits.—
Robert Farrington,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Oregon Health Authority tracks xylazine, along with other illicit drugs, via mortalities and drug seizures.—
Meira Gebel,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Annexation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexation. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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