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or coup d'etat
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Noun
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Hayek supported the 1973 coup in Chile.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025 -
Earlier this month, Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced the rightist Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup following his 2023 election loss.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Nepal is the third South Asian country in the past four years to stage a violent overthrow of its government.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Gray almost grabbed a pick from a Reed overthrow in the first half.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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France is in a constant state of revolt.—
Renaud Foucart,
Time,
28 Sep. 2025
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One video for the song Turista, for instance, focused on Lares, the site of the 1868 Grito de Lares revolt against Spanish rule.—
Cat Sposato,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025
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And then after the insurrection, Republicans in Congress came back and still voted not to certify the election.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Also in April, a West Virginia man, who had attacked federal law enforcement during the insurrection, was indicted on charges of armed robbery and assault after stabbing the owner of a Mexican restaurant.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
24 Sep. 2025
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This summer alone has seen youth uprisings in Nepal, Angola, and Indonesia, to say nothing of ongoing youth mobilization worldwide for a free Palestine.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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Though the family dynamics anchor the story, the Fenian uprising led by sister/brother duo Ellen (Niamh McCormack) and Paddy Cochran (Seamus O’Hara) are also causing major chaos on the streets of Dublin and within the company’s walls.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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If the junta’s leaders were to try to prevent China from conducting military activities at Kyaukpyu, China could further seed insurgencies near the portto protect its investments.—
Dan Swift,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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But for Biglari, one of the chain’s largest investors, the rollback merely stoked the flames of his 14-year insurgency against the company.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Coup d'état.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coup%20d%27%C3%A9tat. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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