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Recent Examples of annexation
As such, there is very little evidence that Russia’s territorial annexations – or an agreement recognizing these, which is what Russia wants – will have any legitimacy among Ukraine’s population.
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Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
And if stopping a narcotics flow was the goal, why would the president demand annexation of Canada or parts of Canada?
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
The big picture: The new policy marks yet another escalation in the friction between the U.S. and its northern neighbors, as President Trump pushes an on-again, off-again trade war with Canada and taunts the U.S. ally with annexation.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Odd Andersen | Afp | Getty Images The outgoing prime minister of Greenland blasted talk Thursday by President Donald Trump that the potential annexation of the massive Arctic island by the United States would happen.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
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Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
And if stopping a narcotics flow was the goal, why would the president demand annexation of Canada or parts of Canada?
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
The big picture: The new policy marks yet another escalation in the friction between the U.S. and its northern neighbors, as President Trump pushes an on-again, off-again trade war with Canada and taunts the U.S. ally with annexation.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Odd Andersen | Afp | Getty Images The outgoing prime minister of Greenland blasted talk Thursday by President Donald Trump that the potential annexation of the massive Arctic island by the United States would happen.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 13 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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Any process of sequestration should be adjusted as tax and spending estimates change over time.—
R. Glenn Hubbard,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Nov. 2014
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Beyond that the potential sequestration deadline of April 30, and the prospect of the government hitting the debt ceiling deadline perhaps later in 2025 mean that government funding may continue to have market impact this year. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.—
Simon Moore,
Forbes,
25 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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Investigators had confiscated more than 335 pounds of meth, nearly 9 pounds of heroin, more than 1,500 fentanyl pills and more than $150,000 during the years-long operation before Wednesday’s seizures.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The egg seizures are outpacing border officials' interception of fentanyl.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Annexation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexation. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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