annexation
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Shakhtar have led a nomadic existence since the 2014 Russia-backed annexation of Donetsk, playing their home matches all around Ukraine.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
While the film adaptation’s political themes are toned down, the original musical focused on the dark atmosphere of the Nazi annexation of Austria and the Von Trapp family’s struggle for freedom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
But even a hypothetical mass annexation has a way of setting off a frenzy.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
For two weeks in March 1939, as Hitler completed his annexation of Czechoslovakia and Europe braced for war, a lurid murder trial captivated Paris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
It is thought that the American annexation of the moon as the fifty-first state ...
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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“I don’t understand the point of these annexations, I don’t even know where they are,” said Alina, 31, a social media manager in Belgorod.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2023
"Ukraine is proposing a victory not just in this war but a victory over aggression, annexations, deportations over the catastrophe of genocide, anywhere throughout the world," he said.
From Reuters ● May 14, 2023
South Korea said it did not recognise the annexations, adding that Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial security and independence must be protected.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2022
Arab allies took a wait-and-see approach, but Jordan warned against hasty annexations and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan harshly criticized the plan and the lack of regional opposition to it.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 2, 2020
The park became part of Chicago during the 1889 annexations, but otherwise, Olmsted saw, little had changed.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Human Geography - Middle School
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