coup de main

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Recent Examples of coup de main Ryan Reynolds walked arm in arm with Blake Lively, and there were polite air-kisses and an appearance by Martha Stewart—but like the film’s coup de main, the night was filled with surprises. Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2018
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Noun
  • The restaurant was a favorite hangout of the Gilbert Goons and the site of seven parking lot attacks, according to beating videos, interviews and police records.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
  • Walmart provided security footage that reportedly confirms both the attack and the theft.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • The details of a raid can be useful for the non-citzen’s legal case.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2025
  • These are parents who may lose health care coverage, immigrants afraid of being swept up in a raid, families who count on assistance programs to feed their children.
    State Sen. MD Rahman, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • An onslaught of aerial/high-rise scenes that even Pink would find excessive?
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 19 July 2025
  • Topline More than half of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of the federal government’s documents detailing its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, according to a new poll that comes as Trump is facing an onslaught of backlash from his base over the issue.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.
    Jacky Wong, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.
    Reuters, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • Israel’s parallel October strike on Iran succeeded in destroying Iran’s air defense architecture, leaving its nuclear facilities exposed.
    Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • The majority of these strikes happen during the summer, causing around 20 fatalities each year, according to the NWS.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Israel's military offensive has killed more than 58,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which doesn't say how many militants are among the dead.
    WAFAA SHURAFA, Arkansas Online, 20 July 2025
  • An Israeli military offensive has killed over 58,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, displaced nearly all of Gaza’s 2 million people and caused widespread destruction.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • Last season, among QBs with at least 300 pass attempts, Rodgers had the NFL’s worst EPA per dropback against the blitz (-0.19) and was sacked ninth-most (40).
    Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 22 July 2025
  • Notting Hill Carnival is going to be using live facial recognition this August in an attempt to identify criminals attending the world-famous event.
    Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Despite a decade of scandal — from Maria Sharapova to Simona Halep — tennis continues to treat doping as a serious offense with minor consequences, and the inconsistent, sometimes clumsy approach to rendering judgment only fuels skepticism.
    Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Currently, Russia is making modest gains against Ukraine and may soon seek to leverage those advances to launch additional offenses in the eastern reach of the country, according to a recent assessment from the Institute of the Study of War.
    Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 15 July 2025

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“Coup de main.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coup%20de%20main. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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