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a military group controlling a government after taking control of it by force
A military junta quickly seized power in the country.
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That, analysts say, has provided an opening for the junta to hold the vote, with generals hoping a new parliament, in which a quarter of seats will be reserved for the military, will convince some in the international community to re-engage with Myanmar after years in a post-coup wilderness.
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Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
In Argentina during the 1970s, a military junta tortured, murdered, and disappeared many thousands of their alleged enemies.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
The junta in Guinea-Bissau promises a one-year transition.
—Tomi Oladipo, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
This same method is being used to circumvent current sanctions, said sources in Myanmar who spoke to the Herald on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation from the junta.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
In Argentina during the 1970s, a military junta tortured, murdered, and disappeared many thousands of their alleged enemies.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
The junta in Guinea-Bissau promises a one-year transition.
—Tomi Oladipo, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
This same method is being used to circumvent current sanctions, said sources in Myanmar who spoke to the Herald on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation from the junta.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junta
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But, unlike Brooks, Hemphill had pleaded guilty to joining the angry mob of protesters.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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Several of King's marches were attacked by White mobs, but LaFayette and Young challenged the notion that the Chicago movement was a failure.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Again, conspiracy to commit murder and the murder itself.—
Marcelena Spencer,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Jurors found Song, Morris, the Sotos, Hill, Batten, Rueda and Evetts guilty of rioting, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use and carry an explosive, and using and carrying explosives during a riot.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Mar. 2026
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The series follows the Black Mafia Family in Detroit and is based on a true story.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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On the surface, the crime drama follows the rise and fall of the Black Mafia Family — one of the most influential crime families in the country.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Luckey, a billionaire who builds drones for the military, suggested on X that crushing Anthropic is necessary to defend democracy from oligarchy.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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Those being oligarchy and affordability.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Dec. 2025
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Then in 2022, Iran paid two members of an Eastern European criminal syndicate to kill the Iranian dissident and journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in Brooklyn; this attack was also foiled.—
Colin P. Clarke,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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Sunny Nights stars D'Arcy Carden and Will Forte as a pair of siblings trying to launch a spray tan company out of the back of their van, only for things to go from bad to worse when they're blackmailed, indebted to a criminal syndicate, and running for their lives.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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There were 290 acts of aggression against journalists in Ecuador last year, including four murders, attributed to criminal gangs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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In a neighborhood divided by gang lines and cultural currents, Wiley’s mind wandered beyond the block.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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In the post-colonial era, Arab dictators established secular laws, but these legal systems favored the ruling clique.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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Their parties became notorious even in my own cliques; my parents knew to expect at least a few dozen teenagers crashing their party, sucking down all the noodles, and sneaking beers in the canyon down below.—
Natasha Pickowicz,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2026
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