annexed

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Lore Segal was 10 years old in 1938 when Nazi Germany annexed Austria and began the process of annulling the citizenships and confiscating the properties of Jewish families such as her own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 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

Local officials denied the operator’s request to be annexed into Tucson and have access to the city’s water.

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

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