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Recent Examples of annexation
The land joining Ward 3 comes from a simultaneous annexation and detachment agreement between Rogers and Cave Springs.
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Campbell Roper, arkansasonline.com, 26 June 2024
Both live in West Bank settlements, promote the territory’s annexation, and, after October 7, have advocated resettling Gaza with Israeli Jews.
—Mairav Zonszein, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
Sanctions should be extended to those in the Israeli government pursuing annexation.
—Mary Robinson, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
That sentiment could be applied to the global community as well, a point the journalist argues by noting that Putin’s annexation of Crimea didn’t prevent Russia from hosting the 2018 World Cup.
—Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2024
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Campbell Roper, arkansasonline.com, 26 June 2024
Both live in West Bank settlements, promote the territory’s annexation, and, after October 7, have advocated resettling Gaza with Israeli Jews.
—Mairav Zonszein, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
Sanctions should be extended to those in the Israeli government pursuing annexation.
—Mary Robinson, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
That sentiment could be applied to the global community as well, a point the journalist argues by noting that Putin’s annexation of Crimea didn’t prevent Russia from hosting the 2018 World Cup.
—Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annexation
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Investment treaties typically provide protection against both direct and indirect expropriation, meaning that states cannot seize or devalue investors’ property without compensation.John Quinn, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Alternately unnerving, meditative, and explosive, Adam Piron’s Black Glass examines the entangled histories of visual technology and the genocide and expropriation of Indigenous populations by white settlers through a violent collision of image and sound.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024
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The first suggests Moncler, the Italian winter wear giant, is eyeing a takeover of Burberry, the British fashion house known for its striped trench coats.Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Nov. 2024
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However, the takeover by the Taliban in August 2021 turns the lives of the three women upside down.Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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Carbon Sequestration and Renewable Projects: The IRS will finalize guidance on carbon oxide sequestration credits (§45Q) and enhance the domestic content bonus credit (§45(b)(9)) to support U.S.-based manufacturing in clean energy. 2.Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent incidents have highlighted potential risks: In September, a carbon capture well in Illinois experienced sequestration fluid migration to an unauthorized underground zone, prompting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to step in.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Nixon’s assertions of executive authority faced resistance; Congress and the Supreme Court blocked the impoundment and wiretaps, respectively.Duncan Hosie / Made by History, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
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Today, Houston is beginning to reassess its water impoundments and dams through the lens of chronic-care planning.Kate Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2018
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Legislators in states without similar preemption laws in place were already interested in such reform, but the proposal in Bozeman, regardless of the outcome, is likely to heighten legislators’ interest in preemption.Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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The state’s preemption law made the order unenforceable.Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2024
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Read why the drink has raised cultural appropriation questions.Alexandra Banner, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
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The accusations of cultural appropriation directed her way are not truly strident, though.Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
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Interest expense for the quarter was $0, down from $8.1 million in the previous year, due to the assumption of outstanding debt by the Acquirer in connection with the Merger.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Many assumptions about the negative impacts of low fertility on the economy are likewise either overstated or unsupported by evidence.Vegard Skirbekk, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
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Survivors have experienced debilitating injuries, burns and symptoms including seizures and memory loss.Marlon Sorto, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Peanut’s seizure and execution have been taken as a symbol of government overreach with the official Twitter account of the GOP House Judiciary Committee calling for justice.Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Annexation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexation. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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