In March 1998, the mall management (along with other plaintiffs) did attempt to resist annexation of the property on which they reside into the city of Asheville.

Although divided among themselves, some of the Bagrationi princes resisted Russian annexation, trying to instigate rebellion.

The village was also incorporating to resist annexation by neighboring Yonkers.

They resist annexation, preferring "that foreigners . . . Americanize themselves without the need for formal rule."

The newspaper, Suara Timor Timur, has been the only independent daily in this former Portuguese colony, where rebels have resisted annexation by Indonesia since 1975.

The area was incorporated into a city in 1970, partly to resist annexation by the City of Chicago.

Residents in county islands may resist annexation for a variety of reasons.

It is one of numerous small cities in Jefferson County which have resisted annexation or merger.

They resisted annexation to Oklahoma Territory, planning instead for a separate Indian state, but were ignored by Congress, which created a unified Oklahoma in 1907.

The Indians, however, had not been consulted, and resisted annexation of the area by the United States.