Sentence examples for annexation it from inspiring English sources

Despite the fact that Plymouth was the first colony in the region, by the time of its annexation it was much smaller than Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Meanwhile, as Russia celebrated one annexation, it appeared to pave the way for another.

Before the Crimean annexation, it was rare to see a combat vehicle in the Baltics.

Michael Conti's "White Gaze" reacts to another sort of annexation: It places a photo of an indigenous woman, pressing on the glass with her hands, inside a museum-style diorama of a native family.

"The court considers that the construction of the wall and its associated regime create a fait accompli on the ground that could well become permanent, in which case, and notwithstanding the formal characterisation of the wall by Israel, it would be tantamount to de facto annexation," it said.

For supporters of annexation, it is not only this week's vote that is on their minds but the American election in 2020: They call President Trump's staunch support for Israel a "historic opportunity" to proceed with annexation of some, much or even all of the West Bank — but one that comes with a ticking countdown to a possible new administration in Washington.

Whether accomplished quickly or by degrees, it is tantamount to annexation, and it would break with a quarter-century-old agreement, under the Oslo accords, that the status quo between Israel and the Palestinians must not be altered except through negotiations.

Once an island kingdom balanced precariously between Japan and China, it has drawn the short straw ever since Japan's annexation of it in the 1870s.

Georgian officials have condemned this as "de-facto annexation", comparing it to Putin's takeover of Crimea.

"Once you start down this annexation road, it's not going to stop at the blocs," he insisted.

Its world view is much the same––Haetzni agrees with Bennett's annexation plan but it is more confident and better packaged.