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Recent Examples of annexation
In 2020, Patinkin narrated a video for the New Israel Fund opposing the annexation of the West Bank.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 12 July 2025
Trump has expressed similar annexation desires about Canada and Greenland.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 9 July 2025
The Valparaiso City Council approved the annexation of an 80-acre parcel in rural Center Township as part of a project led by Lake Acquisitions, Inc. and Prairie Development, LLC.
—Phil Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
Under Ohio law annexation does not have to include any change to schools.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 12 July 2025
Trump has expressed similar annexation desires about Canada and Greenland.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 9 July 2025
The Valparaiso City Council approved the annexation of an 80-acre parcel in rural Center Township as part of a project led by Lake Acquisitions, Inc. and Prairie Development, LLC.
—Phil Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
Under Ohio law annexation does not have to include any change to schools.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annexation
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While the law permits expropriation without compensation under specific circumstances, the South African government says that private property rights remain protected.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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While the potential lack of compensation for land expropriation is the part of the law that has caused the most controversy, owners still have the right to fight those exceptional decisions in court.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC News,
10 Feb. 2025
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But the federal government’s takeover presents a unique opportunity to reclaim the future of the Penn-area neighborhood.—
Tony Simone,
New York Daily News,
23 July 2025
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The takeover led to a mass resignation of appointees and advisors, including Shonda Rhimes and Renée Fleming.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
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Despite the cuts, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill would add so much money to the debt that Congress may be forced to execute cuts across the board, including hundreds of billions to Medicare, in a process known as sequestration.—
Michael Wilner,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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The process, called carbon capture and sequestration, is seen by many as an important way to reduce pollution during a transition to renewable energy.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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Habitual violators who have repeatedly disregarded payment requests may face enforcement actions such as vehicle registration renewal blocks, bans from Mobility Authority toll roads, on-road enforcement involving citations and fines, and potential vehicle impoundment.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The administration believes that the act is unconstitutional and that impoundment has been used by presidents for nearly 200 years.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
27 May 2025
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The approval expands a preemption traffic signal pilot program that Mt. Juliet has had for about six months at the intersection of North Mt. Juliet Road and Division Street.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
16 July 2025
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Bipartisan opposition to the AI preemption provision in OBBBA is not surprising.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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The measure marks only the second appropriations bill Republicans have been able to pass for 2026, after GOP appropriators said the effort to pass Trump’s tax and spending cuts megabill dominated the party’s focus over the past few months.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
18 July 2025
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But in a recent Senate appropriations hearing on the rescission, several Republican senators pressed for changes in the $9.4 billion in spending cuts the OMB asked Congress to eliminate.—
Deirdre Walsh,
NPR,
16 July 2025
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Finally, level 3 asset fair values must be calculated based on estimations and assumptions based on the latest available data on the measurement date.—
Tomas Milar,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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But if Trump does push ahead with 30% tariffs on EU imports, there is a broad assumption the ECB will cut rates in response.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
20 July 2025
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Exposure can lead to vomiting, slow heart rate, irregular heartbeat and seizures.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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In making arrests, the federal government allegedly went against both immigration laws and the Fourth Amendment, which protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government, the plaintiffs argue.—
Laura Rodríguez Presa,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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“Annexation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexation. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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