annex

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He’s TACO’d on Greenland after his threats to annex the autonomously governed island caused markets to swoon, ultimately settling for what he described as the “concept of a deal” with Europe.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

The past few months of Danish politics have been dominated by US President Donald Trump's threats to annex Greenland - a semi-autonomous Danish territory.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

They rehearsed in a small room in CTG’s annex building on Temple Street, which Desai said was shut down during last summer’s ICE protests.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

He insisted that the U.S. needed to annex Greenland for its own security and that of the wider Western Hemisphere and initially sought to pressure Denmark, the Arctic island’s sovereign authority, to sell it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

The second-floor janitor had seen him slouched on a bench outside the archaeology annex.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff