Thesaurus results for JUNTAS

juntas

noun

plural of junta

as in mobs

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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Recent Examples of juntas Following military coups, the juntas in the three countries turned from Western allies to Russia for help combating Islamic militants. — ABC News, 10 July 2026 They are governed by military juntas that staged coups fueled by resentment toward old Western partners and democratic governments. — Wilson McMakin, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 After a series of coups by officers dissatisfied with lagging counterterrorism efforts, juntas in the three countries booted France altogether, establishing close ties with Russia instead. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2026 Following military coups, the juntas in the three countries have turned from Western allies to Russia for help in combating Islamic militants. — CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026 All three are led by military juntas that came to power through coups. — Jewel Bright, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026 The tri-border area has long been a hotbed for extremist violence, a trend worsened by the lack of security cooperation with Niger and Burkina Faso, both now led by military juntas. — Arkansas Online, 13 Apr. 2026 Look no further than airstrikes in Nigeria, travel bans on 29 countries, and chummy alliances with military juntas. — Joe Wilkins Published Mar 18, Futurism, 18 Mar. 2026 In at least three Sahel states — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — military juntas that came to power in coups, notably Niger and Mali, have expelled Western military forces. — Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025

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Hours later mobs of his supporters did that, storming the Capitol and using flagpoles, bats, and pipes to attack overwhelmed law enforcement.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
Xenophobic unrest in South Africa, where violent mobs have forced thousands of African foreigners to flee the country, has thrust migration into the spotlight.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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And if Alito’s wife, Martha-Ann, minors in election conspiracies, Thomas’s wife, Ginni, majors in it, having explicitly urged lawmakers in two states to overturn Biden’s election.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
That includes $4 million from Richard Uihlein, the Illinois billionaire and Trump supporter who often funds organizations and causes that promote election conspiracies and far-right candidates.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

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Moreover, most Americans maintained the outdated notion that oligarchies couldn’t exist in nations that were at least nominally democratic.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Breaking the hold of tech and financial oligarchies, including a ban on algorithmic wage-setting, ensures that AI does not become a tool for gutting the middle class.

— Sarita Gupta, Time, 2 June 2026

Definition of oligarchies

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Informal mining is a deep problem in South Africa and is connected to criminal syndicates, according to authorities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
DraftKing's internal data estimates 80% to 90% of prediction market consumer volume comes from betting syndicates and institutional traders, Robins said during the call.

— Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of syndicates

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Amid the crushes, cliques, and teenage angst, two sisters set out to define themselves on their own terms.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
In a number of sensitive sectors, such as telecommunications, EVs, and drones, such cliques have already formed, setting bans and restrictions on the use of equipment from Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE.

— Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of cliques

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The system was designed to support secure and resilient data sharing between satellite networks operating in low-Earth orbit.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026
Fox News Digital reached out to Seajets Ferries in Greece, one of the largest networks of high-speed and catamaran vessels in the Aegean Sea.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026

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