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annexation

noun as in adding, joining

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It is part of a dramatic transformation of Russia’s education system that gained pace after the Kremlin’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 but was supercharged by the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

They fled Austria after the Nazi annexation in 1938, entrusting the painting to a woman, who later moved to Hungary.

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The obvious historical precedent is Russia's expulsion from what was then the G8 - a grouping of the world's most advanced economies - after the annexation of Crimea in 2014.

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They are demanding a vote on at least partial annexation of the occupied West Bank in return for what they see as the relinquishing of Gaza.

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He also examined the history of those peculiar twists and turns on the city perimeter, mucking through L.A.’s long-simmering stew of real estate grabs, water politics and annexation schemes.

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