coup

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Recent Examples of coup Indeed, regime change might look more like a hard-line coup than anything else. Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 24 June 2025 However, following Myanmar’s violent military coup in 2021, the military junta has struggled to maintain control of the territory amid opposition from the public and armed groups. Dylan Butts, CNBC, 24 June 2025 But today’s escalating tensions go back to 1953, when British oil companies and the CIA orchestrated a coup and installed the Shah of Iran, a secular ruler willing to accommodate Big Oil and other corporate interests in the West. Robert Polner, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025 The efforts to reach the Latino community and their wallets over the years have paid off: In 2023 Modelo scored a major coup, becoming the most popular beer in the U.S., beating out Bud Light. Sara Braun, Fortune, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for coup
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Noun
  • The Frozen Zoo has notched some reproductive breakthroughs over the years, including in 2023 when researchers were able to successfully freeze sunflower sea star sperm, thaw it and fertilize eggs that resulted in larvae developing with a high rate of success.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
  • Superman became an enormous success, launching the superhero genre and a plethora of TV shows, movies, cartoons and merchandise.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • More precisely, the guest list was a delicate trigonometric reflection of the couple’s affections with a very strong quotient of the regard in which the business accomplishments of the groom are held.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Although Oak Park resident Harriet Hawkins is nothing but humble when asked about her accomplishments, her son and husband have no doubts why the longtime nurse, nurse educator and mission volunteer has been chosen for the 2025 Judith C. Kelleher Award by the Emergency Nurses Association.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • The tradition took hold and now includes other individual achievements that might otherwise get overlooked.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 11 July 2025
  • On the back of their most successful Premier League season, this outcome threatens to overshadow their outstanding achievement and the joy that came with it in the most unjust manner.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 11 July 2025

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“Coup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coup. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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