annexation

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But even a hypothetical mass annexation has a way of setting off a frenzy.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

The United Arab Emirates had warned annexation could risk upending the Abraham Accords, a key achievement of Trump’s first term that normalized relations between Israel and some Arab countries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

The French leader also praised efforts by the Trump administration to end the conflict, which began in 2014 with Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, followed by a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

They fled Austria after the Nazi annexation in 1938, entrusting the painting to a woman, who later moved to Hungary.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 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