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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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Despite investment from Beijing and money flowing in from illicit activity, however, the junta finds itself in a precarious financial situation.
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Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
Avenger is a podcast that tells the story of Miriam Lewin, who at 19 years old was kidnapped off the streets of Buenos Aires for her political activism and imprisoned in a concentration camp during Argentina’s military junta in the 1970s/80s.
—Peter White, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Reuters could not independently verify the reports, as internet and mobile services in parts of Rakhine have been cut off by the Myanmar junta and attempts to reach Kyauktaw residents were unsuccessful.
—Reuters, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
At the height of the Greek junta, Irma is murdered by her husband, a tycoon, on their private island.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
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Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
Avenger is a podcast that tells the story of Miriam Lewin, who at 19 years old was kidnapped off the streets of Buenos Aires for her political activism and imprisoned in a concentration camp during Argentina’s military junta in the 1970s/80s.
—Peter White, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Reuters could not independently verify the reports, as internet and mobile services in parts of Rakhine have been cut off by the Myanmar junta and attempts to reach Kyauktaw residents were unsuccessful.
—Reuters, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
At the height of the Greek junta, Irma is murdered by her husband, a tycoon, on their private island.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junta
Noun
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Wait for the looky-loo mob to subside.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Oct. 2025
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This isn’t as ominous as, say, the GOP effort to steal the 2020 presidential election with absurd claims, bad lawyers and a mob attack on the Capitol.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
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As other seemingly unconnected incidents start to happen around her (one friend goes missing, another is attacked), conspiracies are everywhere and Chloe must try to separate truth from fiction while fearing for her life.—
Kate Belli,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Jackson was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison, while Dontell was sentenced to 15 years in prison for being an accessory to murder and five years for conspiracy to murder.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
17 Oct. 2025
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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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In Du Bois’s telling, this was a national bargain; together, northern capital and southern oligarchy aligned to sacrifice Black citizenship for economic consolidation.—
Zephyr Teachout,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025
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Osborn, a union man unafraid of confronting oligarchy, will once again campaign as an independent in next year’s senatorial race in Nebraska, hoping to unseat the billionaire incumbent, Pete Ricketts.—
Harpers Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Buford spent years immersing himself in the world of British hooligan soccer syndicates.—
Ed Lavandera,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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In the 2000s and 2010s, small funds and angel syndicates thrived.—
Roman Axelrod,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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More than 60% of the capital's health facilities, including Haiti's general hospital, are now shuttered or non-functioning because of the surge in gang violence.—
NPR,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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In the current funding lapse — which is already longer than most previous government shutdowns — those gangs are nowhere to be found.—
Emily Wilkins,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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Don’t let your clique call the shots without adding your voice to the conversation.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, the other Wildemere Beach girls—girls from big blue-collar families whose parents partied on the weekends—had formed a tighter clique that Catherine never would fit into.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Junta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junta. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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