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or coups d'etat
also coup d'états
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Mali, alongside neighboring Niger and Burkina Faso, have been wracked by coups in recent years and are now ruled by military leaders who took power by force, pledging to provide more security to citizens.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026 -
Prince, the at times outrageous, androgynous, one-man-band performer and producer, backed up his genius rep by pulling off one of the most unlikely coups in rock history after unleashing the multi-platinum 1984 Purple Rain soundtrack and Oscar-winning film.—
Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
7 June 2026
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Alireza Jafarzadeh, deputy director of NCRI-US, told Fox News Digital that the organization first became focused on stadium surveillance while tracking how Iranian authorities identified protesters during recent uprisings.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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What began as a commemoration of the uprisings at the Stonewall Inn soon evolved into an annual tradition that spread across the United States and around the world.—
Diana Rodriguez,
Time,
8 June 2026
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New York made four errors on the evening, including two overthrows that led to multiple free bases on the same play.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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Fields, who went 7-of-11 on the day, had a few overthrows on plays that likely were sacks.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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Starmer also has angered supporters with attempts to cut welfare spending, some of which were reversed after Labour revolts.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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Then came revolts and revolutions in Ireland, the Swiss cantons, the Rhineland, the Netherlands, the Italian states, and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Rhaenyra is suddenly dealing with internal criticism, possible rebellions, subjects spray-painting nasty stuff on the walls and self-doubt.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Yet for critics of this militarized approach, the army has done less to tame rebellions than to terrorize the island’s peasant communities.—
Patrick Peralta,
The Conversation,
28 May 2026
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There were rebellions, insurrections and an Appian Way lined with crucifixions.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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But the regime, besieged by insurrections across the country, abandoned Manbij.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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An ultraradical offshoot of the Peruvian Communist Party, Shining Path was one of the most vicious insurgencies in Latin America.—
Michelle D. Paranzino,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
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Since seizing power, the juntas have cut ties with France and other Western powers, created their own security alliance and turned to Russia for military support to fight extremist insurgencies.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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“Coups d'état.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coups%20d%27%C3%A9tat. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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