annex

Example Sentences

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He insisted that the U.S. needed to annex Greenland for its own security and that of the wider Western Hemisphere and initially sought to pressure Denmark, the Arctic island’s sovereign authority, to sell it.

From The Wall Street Journal

Denmark opposes U.S. annexation threats, stating there is no legal basis for the U.S. to annex its territory.

From Barron's

He also began his second term by repeatedly suggesting that he wanted to annex Canada as America’s 51st state.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even the seemingly fanciful suggestion of annexing Greenland is back in the headlines.

From Barron's

The US president and senior members of his administration have repeatedly raised the prospect of the semi-autonomous Danish territory becoming an annexed part of the United States.

From BBC