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Recent Examples of annexation
The fire district was then acquired by the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District through annexation in 2022.
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Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Israel’s cabinet stepped back from discussing potential annexation of the West Bank.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The council unanimously gave initial approval to three annexation petitions, along with fiscal plans, with property located south of the hospital and west of Iowa Street and 129th and 137th avenues.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Earlier this week, some far-right members of Netanyahu's ruling coalition vowed to push through annexation plans, calling it the best way to prevent a Palestinian state.
—Jordana Miller, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
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Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Israel’s cabinet stepped back from discussing potential annexation of the West Bank.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The council unanimously gave initial approval to three annexation petitions, along with fiscal plans, with property located south of the hospital and west of Iowa Street and 129th and 137th avenues.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Earlier this week, some far-right members of Netanyahu's ruling coalition vowed to push through annexation plans, calling it the best way to prevent a Palestinian state.
—Jordana Miller, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annexation
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The Nazi Party began looting art in the early 1930s from Jewish dealers who were forced to sell their valuables before fleeing to safety, and an official confiscation group called the Einsatzstab Reichsleiters Rosenberg (ERR) was created in 1940.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Consequences for violations vary by school but may include parental contact, device confiscation, detention or suspension.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Aug. 2025
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The expropriation entailed the government seizing a 51% equity stake in YPF.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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Land expropriations will also be authorized.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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King and Conqueror, a new series about the Norman takeover, is the BBC’s attempt to reconcile this older story with the newer one.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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As many as 950 Claire's locations are set to remain open as private equity firm Ames Watson officially announced its $140 million takeover of the mall chain, according to a firm involved in the transaction.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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Carbon Sequestration Carbon Capture and Sequestration has been dealt a blow by a study published this week in Nature, the sequestration bit particularly.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Plus adds the NordPass password manager along with Threat Protection Pro for malware screening and sequestration, including an ad and tracker blocker and advanced browsing protection, and ups the eSim data provided to 5GB.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
13 Aug. 2025
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The growing costs to buy and maintain a car –exacerbated by inflation and tariffs –are leading to rising auto loan defaults and repossessions and a potential crisis for American consumers left unprotected by the federal government, according to a new report by a consumer advocacy organization.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Again, ignoring the words of the law, the two-judge majority held that only the comptroller could sue to stop the president, not people whose lives and fortunes were destroyed by the president's impoundment decisions.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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Past efforts by presidents to control federal spending through impoundment or executive orders have often been thwarted by Congress and the courts.—
A.J. Russo,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Aug. 2025
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In addition, the act contains a preemption provision that expresses that no state can enforce a law that conflicts with the act.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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This opens the door to federal preemption, raising the stakes in the ongoing tug-of-war between Washington and the states over who sets the rules.—
Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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An indication of congressional thinking was given recently by a senator from Oklahoma, who spoke with some authority as a member of the appropriations subcommittee that handles Army and Navy requests for money.—
John Fischer,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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But if enacted, the House appropriations measure would kill those rules, though its fate is uncertain.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Annexation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexation. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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