How to Use annexation in a Sentence

annexation

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  • Sanctions should be extended to those in the Israeli government pursuing annexation.
    — Mary Robinson, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Ohio State goes on the ledger as one of the 14, then 16, unanimous votes for both annexations.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Some of Israel’s most right-wing politicians are calling for the annexation of parts of the Gaza Strip.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
  • Coming on the heels of the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, the song proved controversial.
    — Andrew Jones, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Coming on the heels of the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, the song proved controversial.
    — Andrew Jones, NBC News, 13 May 2023
  • After 2014 and the annexation of Crimea, our paths parted.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Now, the bridge is a key supply line for Russian troops and a symbol of Russia’s annexation of the peninsula in 2014.
    — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Ramirez said annexation could occur as soon as a year from now if decisions are made at a steady pace.
    — Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 6 July 2024
  • At the time, the group was said to have been active as far back as 2014 to spread disinformation about Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
    — David Gilbert, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Israel’s far-right ministers seek nothing less than the annexation of the West Bank.
    — Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2023
  • As the Times of Israel reports, this is thought to be the first time that a coalition agreement has included a clause sanctioning the annexation of the West Bank.
    — Yasmeen Serhan, Time, 25 July 2023
  • This was the year of Putin’s military intervention in the Donbas region of Ukraine, and of his annexation of Crimea.
    — Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Then again, most Crimeans supported the annexation, according to polls in the U.S. and Europe.
    — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The bunker was never used, but the guide explained that it was updated during the Cuban Missile Crisis and again after the annexation of Crimea in 2014.
    — Elettra Pauletto, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Israeli lawyers and human rights activists say the move amounts to de jure annexation.
    — Eric Cortellessa/jerusalem, TIME, 13 Aug. 2024
  • In truth, Shakhtar has been an itinerant club since 2014 when it was forced out of its home in the Donbas region amid Russia’s forceful annexation of Crimea.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The 12-mile bridge was constructed after Russia’s annexation of Crimea and provides road and rail links to Russia.
    — Adam Taylor, Júlia Ledur, Francesca Ebel and Mary Ilyushina, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The purpose of the town hall was to inform residents of the possible annexation, according to city staff.
    — Marc Hayot, arkansasonline.com, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Members of Netanyahu’s far-right cabinet seek nothing less than the de facto annexation of the West Bank.
    — Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The Granville annexation made Schroeder's land technically OK for the city to absorb.
    — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Some never did away with conscription, while others paused the draft only to bring it back following the jolt of Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.
    — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Mexico considered the annexation of Texas as an act of war.
    — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
  • But after lengthy discussions, the parties settled, and the park district agreed not to object to annexation.
    — Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Leaders in the regions declared results as high as 99% in favor of annexation in some areas.
    — Fortune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Incorporated by the state, villages and cities are carved out of a town's land by petition and annexation.
    — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
  • But like hanging, the annexation has concentrated the minds of old-time North Bath residents.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
  • The war in Ukraine has led to an even stronger focus on collective defence, which was already put in motion after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The annexation of Gaza, which would, for Israel to consider, have to be accompanied by the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, will not lead to an end of the conflict.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The possibility of a full-scale annexation isn’t far-fetched.
    — Time, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Palestinians reject such a plan as de facto annexation of their land.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024

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