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Recent Examples of annexation
The inscriptions were originally inlaid with gold, which was looted following the British annexation of Myanmar in 1885 and replaced with black ink beginning in 1892.
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Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
That changed after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
If annexation did not happen, Mahon Ranch agreed to buy back any unannexed land for $77,000 per acre, according to the staff report.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
At a fruit market in Sevastopol, a Crimean Tatar vendor explained that prices had soared after annexation.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
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Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
That changed after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
If annexation did not happen, Mahon Ranch agreed to buy back any unannexed land for $77,000 per acre, according to the staff report.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
At a fruit market in Sevastopol, a Crimean Tatar vendor explained that prices had soared after annexation.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annexation
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In September 1960, Fidel Castro’s government published a decree ordering the confiscation of all of it without compensation.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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Philadelphia airport passenger currency confiscation The incident, which occurred May 7, involved a 54-year-old man traveling to Mexico who had $44,690 of bulk currency on him and in his carry-on.—
Kaitlyn McCormick,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Malema heads the Economic Freedom Fighters, which advocates for the expropriation of mines, banks and land, and is notorious for starting brawls in parliament.—
Jonathan Tirone,
Bloomberg,
16 Apr. 2026
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Conoco will not invest until there is way to recover some of the $12 billion that Venezuela owes the company from the expropriation of its assets, CEO Ryan Lance said Tuesday.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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But bragging about enjoying a hard shell taco nowadays is like showing up to a street takeover in a horse buggy.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Months after the rumors first appeared, Brown-Forman has officially run out of potential takeover suitors.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
13 May 2026
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This is an ancient practice that continues into the Middle Ages called usurpation.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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The Court’s usurpation runs deeper than the invalidation of statutes with a liberal cast, though there has been plenty of that.—
Duncan Hosie,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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Most notably, the defense says, the comments were posted during the trial — and at least once concerned the testimony of a witness — in violation of sequestration, which is supposed to shield witnesses from the proceedings.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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The legal teams will meet with New York Southern District Judge Lewis Liman on Tuesday to iron out details of the trial, including the trial's length, witness sequestration and which experts and evidence each side will be allowed to present.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The village capped several business types at zero, including day labor and temporary employment agencies, repossession lots and junkyards.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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If DeSantis signs the bill into law, a Florida statute that regulates private investigative services, private security services and repossession services would be amended to open the door for unpaid volunteers to protect religious institutions with their own firearms.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
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The cost estimate for cleanup of the underwater waste, known as the northern impoundment of the San Jacinto waste pits, has now climbed to a quarter of a billion dollars.—
Rebekah F. Ward,
Houston Chronicle,
7 May 2026
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Other proposals include the impoundment of vehicles that have been caught repeatedly violating the law.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Federal preemption with layered accountability.—
Alon Bergman,
STAT,
11 May 2026
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The industry is closely watching the Ninth Circuit, whose judges have so far appeared more skeptical of federal preemption than the Third Circuit’s.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
6 May 2026
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“Annexation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexation. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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