annexation

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But even a hypothetical mass annexation has a way of setting off a frenzy.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

A top UN official has warned that these amount to "gradual, de facto annexation."

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Bond strategists say the market isn’t pricing an extreme outcome for Greenland, meaning it doesn’t expect annexation by the U.S. or a military invasion.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

House Speaker Mike Johnson said last week that Congress was “certainly not” considering a military annexation of Greenland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Hence when Japan sent troops to Korea and annexed it in 1910, Japanese military leaders celebrated the annexation as “the restoration of the legitimate arrangement of antiquity.”

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond