annex
Example Sentences
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When World War II ended, parts of eastern Poland were annexed by the Soviet Union.
Create a little annex of contemplative delight in the living room — somewhere to land with a drink and a snack and not feel adrift.
From Salon
This broke down by degrees, critically in the Sicilian Expedition of 415-413 B.C., when Athens tried and failed to annex Syracuse, a Spartan ally.
It says Kyiv must accept the "new realities" on the ground, where Russia has seized and claimed to have annexed more than a sixth of Ukrainian territory.
From Reuters
In 2017, he published a plan setting out how Israel might establish permanent control over the West Bank, which Israel occupied in the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 but never formally annexed.
From New York Times
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