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The agreement illustrates a historical pattern: The United States no longer needs to annex land to achieve its strategic objectives abroad.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

If his boasts mean he will no longer threaten to annex Greenland, that’s good.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

An annex had first been constructed in Kangson in 2024, it said.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

That approach has at times frustrated some European leaders at moments of crisis, such as when Trump threatened to forcibly annex Greenland from Denmark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

She decided he must live in the other one—with the windows, the annex, and two wooden boats in the yard.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

But Inara demands the whole agreement, including all annexes and associated materials, the secretary of state’s verification assessment and any certifications.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Alongside the main declaration, the discussions also produced four annexes, reflecting the four core themes agreed by the member countries.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

The last Mexican governor of the state, he reckons with land-grabbers in the final era of Mexican governance before the United States annexes the territory.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025

More stringent environmental requirements may be added to the deal in annexes, he added.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2023

That spring, Germany annexes Czechoslovakia and then demands Danzig and the Polish corridor—the land separating Germany from East Prussia.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Land acquired by NorthPoint in unincorporated Johnson County was subsequently annexed into the City of Edgerton.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

So it annexed the southernmost Mariana island, Guam, in 1898.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

The region concerned used to be part of the former Malay-Muslim Patani sultanate but was annexed in the early 1900s by Buddhist-majority Thailand -- then Siam -- following an agreement with colonial power Britain.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

At the end of World War Two, the Soviet Union annexed the island chain and deported around 17,000 Japanese residents.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Other treaty violations followed as the Nazi government annexed Austria, then the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia, where many ethnic Germans lived, and finally the rest of Czechoslovakia.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

The county - located in what China calls the Tibet Autonomous Region after annexing it in the 1950s - is 400km north-east of the region's capital, Lhasa.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Rather than annexing the island, the United States appears poised to secure many of its strategic objectives without changing any borders.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

In June, Hoekstra said the idea of the US annexing Canada would be "a great discussion" for Trump to have with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

The war, fought over several dramatic months in 1898, ended with the United States driving Spain from Cuba and annexing Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025

Like they’re annexing us or doing us some kind of favor.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu