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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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Noun

As much as Kelly might be milking this attention, being subjected to such a high-level threat can arouse serious menace from the acolyte mobs.

— Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Many attacks have been carried out by angry mobs storming treatment centers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

Definition of mobs

Noun

The red card was rescinded; the team was unmoored; conspiracies grew overnight, like mushrooms; and a merciless Belgium swept in and trampled, 4–1, on what remained.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
When Argentina played Egypt in the round of 16, the conspiracies exploded.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of conspiracies

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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
The open-source software movement, partly a political project to protect the freedom to tinker and prevent corporate oligarchies from stifling innovation, would become a cornerstone of the technology industry.

— Jonathan Weber, Fortune, 19 May 2026

Definition of oligarchies

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Rather than working in large criminal syndicates as many Westerners assume, Yahoo Boys typically work alone, asking victims for money – most often in the form of gift cards.

— Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026
Until then, global syndicates will happily roll the dice on street-level arrests while the corporate entities handling the cash enable the pipeline.

— Ari Maas, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026

Definition of syndicates

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Cartels, smaller mafias and street gangs hold sway in town halls and state governments around the country and have deepened their role in the economy.

— Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Prosecutors argued the three women were killed in the crossfire of rival gangs’ gun battle in the middle of the bustling intersection as nightclubs closed early on April 3.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of gangs

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That era involved small cliques of devs talking a big game about decentralization (which often provided a pretext for no accountability) while shilling tokens at all turns.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Since its inception, social media has been a proving ground for tween fashion and identity, offering under-16s a digital canvas to experiment with their style and form online cliques around niche interests.

— Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 2 July 2026

Definition of cliques

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The two airlines have built their businesses around higher-spending travelers, international networks, and lucrative loyalty programs.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 19 July 2026
Such systems could support future wireless communication technologies operating beyond today’s networks, while also enabling portable imaging devices, chemical sensing systems, industrial inspection tools, and advanced remote-sensing platforms.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026

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