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In 1877, following Britain’s announcement that it was annexing the Transvaal Republic, fighting broke out between British and Boer forces in the First Boer War.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Back to restless Poland, in 1794 he commanded an ill-fated uprising against the Russian Empire that was annexing some of Poland’s lands.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2022

Only six days after Kuwait declared itself an independent nation and no longer a protectorate of Great Britain, Iraq had announced it was annexing its oil-rich neighbor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Slowly but surely the theater was annexing the Frohman boys.

From Charles Frohman: Manager and Man by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

Lord Warburton went to the box, where Isabel's welcome was as to a friend so honourably old that he vaguely asked himself what queer temporal province she was annexing.

From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by James, Henry