annexed
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The eighth project was annexed into the City of Granbury, which had not received any development plans, according to a spokesperson.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
The transition to “West Bank” occurred in 1950, when Jordan annexed the territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Once tied to the now-defunct city of Tropico, Adams Hill was annexed to Glendale in 1918.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
Jolani was a nom-de-guerre, reflecting his family's roots in the Golan Heights, Syria's southern highlands, annexed by Israel after it was occupied in 1967.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
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
