Catherine was quick to understand: Cuba might be freed, but one individual who had labored for it was going to be Annexed.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
Retrospect Annexed them, and rode them hard.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
It had naturally occurred to Mrs. Acton that there might be a certain significance in this, but she was misled by the open manner in which another young woman had Annexed him.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton