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Recent Examples of annexation
Most members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party skipped the vote or abstained, save for one lawmaker who cast the deciding vote to advance the annexation bill.
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
There are other steps that need to be taken before the annexation can proceed.
—Kate Wolffe
october 23, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Netanyahu himself has not been explicit about annexation since a past election pledge was scrapped in 2020 in favour of normalising ties with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
In reality, the invasion followed years of rising tensions after Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and its support for separatist forces in eastern Ukraine.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
There are other steps that need to be taken before the annexation can proceed.
—Kate Wolffe
october 23, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Netanyahu himself has not been explicit about annexation since a past election pledge was scrapped in 2020 in favour of normalising ties with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
In reality, the invasion followed years of rising tensions after Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and its support for separatist forces in eastern Ukraine.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annexation
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Officers understood that a move against Maduro without clear guarantees of immunity meant risking imprisonment, torture, confiscation of assets, and the ill-treatment of their families.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
3 Jan. 2026
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Social media has spread disinformation such as false claims that the euro could lead to confiscation of bank accounts.—
Veselin Toshkov,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2025
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Penn’s presence became a form of soft validation for a project that was already spooking investors, undermining private industry through expropriations, and hollowing out checks and balances.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Jan. 2026
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The expropriation measures extended to other areas, such as food, production and even banking.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
17 Dec. 2025
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There is no guarantee a Sky takeover of ITV would be cleared by regulators.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
8 Nov. 2025
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But DeMatthews did note that there have been disagreements seen in the takeover of Houston ISD among appointees.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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As Isaac told it, his kingdom’s history is rife with treachery, usurpation, and murder.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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This is possible through a process called carbon capture and sequestration.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
30 Oct. 2025
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Sisco said defense invoked the rule of sequestration.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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With the average monthly car payment racing past $750, auto loan delinquencies, defaults and repossessions have also increased in recent months.—
Danni Santana,
CNBC,
29 Oct. 2025
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As the article noted, auto repossessions this year are the highest since 2009.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Fines for violations of the ordinance are $100 for a first offense, $150 for a second offense within a year and $250 for a third offense within a year, as well as impoundment of the micromobility or e-moto device.—
Jake Allen,
IndyStar,
18 Nov. 2025
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If there is a CR (continuing resolution), impoundment is likely going to get on the table as a mechanism to get to the PBR.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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The program was reinstated nearly a week later, though two broadcast groups (Nexstar and Sinclair) decided to maintain their preemption in several territories.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Jan. 2026
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The primary suit is flimsy and the hand too weak overall, but the conditions are near-perfect for aggressive preemption, so that might not stop me.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Annexation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexation. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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