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Recent Examples of annexation
Soluri said another lawsuit by his firm will be filed if the commission approves the annexation.
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Mathew Miranda
january 6, Sacbee.com, 6 Jan. 2026
No more fantasies of annexation.
—CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
The White House has promised to prevent further annexation of the West Bank, which Zionist officials in Israel believe rightfully belongs to the Jewish people as the Biblical lands of Judea and Samaria.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 31 Dec. 2025
It was shattered in 2014 with Russia’s annexation of Crimea and incursions in eastern Ukraine, followed by the full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago, which sparked the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 28 Dec. 2025
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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.—
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Social media has spread disinformation such as false claims that the euro could lead to confiscation of bank accounts.—
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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.—
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The expropriation measures extended to other areas, such as food, production and even banking.—
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Juliette Pavy / Bloomberg via Getty Images Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that an American takeover of Greenland would mark the end of NATO.—
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As Hanan’s opening monologue suggests, the ensuing calamity has roots that stretch far back, not just to Israel’s initial takeover of Palestinian land but, also, in how the Hammads have internalized their fear and indignity.—
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As Isaac told it, his kingdom’s history is rife with treachery, usurpation, and murder.—
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In the final carbon-accounting report for its wood-chip-sinking work, originally published on Running Tide’s website and since taken down, the company mentions both forms of sequestration, but does not claim carbon credits for its ocean alkalinity enhancement.—
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This is possible through a process called carbon capture and sequestration.—
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That’s led to a dramatic increase in repossessions.—
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My pickup truck, which is now my only vehicle, is subject to repossession.—
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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.—
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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.—
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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.—
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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.—
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“Annexation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexation. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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