annexing

present participle of annex

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Recent Examples of annexing Meanwhile, Israel is barred from occupying or annexing Gaza. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 Sep. 2025 The Israeli government has discussed the possibility of annexing all or part of the West Bank, and far-right ministers have pushed for a complete annexation. Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025 The prime minister faces substantial pressure from his right-wing ideological flank, particularly hard-line ministers in his government, to retaliate by annexing the whole of the occupied West Bank. Matt Bradley, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025 Instead, Russia built PoS-1 after annexing the Crimea in 2014, and began shipping gas to China in 2019. Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 Israel reportedly considering annexation in the West Bank Israel is reportedly considering annexing parts of the occupied West Bank in response to several Western countries’ plans to recognize a Palestinian state. Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 after annexing Crimea from Kyiv in 2014 and backing separatists in the east. Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025 On that occasion, a 2015 visit to New York City to attend the United Nations General Assembly, then-President Barack Obama criticized Putin in a speech for annexing Crimea and stoking aggression in eastern Ukraine. Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025 It was coupled to a second amendment that restricts developers’ ability to skirt county regulations by annexing into cities. Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annexing
adding
Verb
  • In his budget request, Evers recommended adding four state agents to enforce video gambling rules in taverns.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • United, some of whose senior leadership team, including its chief executive, Scott Kirby, came from American, has done the opposite and is in the process of adding thousands of screens to narrow-body planes both new and old, including Bluetooth technology for wireless headphones.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025

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