annexation
Example Sentences
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Latvia and Sweden also recently restarted military service and Lithuania brought it back after Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014.
From BBC
They fled Austria after the Nazi annexation in 1938, entrusting the painting to a woman, who later moved to Hungary.
From Barron's
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.
From Los Angeles Times
The annexation bill still needs to pass three more votes before becoming law.
An overwhelming majority of Greenlanders oppose the idea of annexation by the U.S., according to a January poll.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
