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Recent Examples of coup d'état
Spain The former king of Spain, Juan Carlos, saw an explosion of popularity in the 1980s after helping to foil a coup d'etat attempt.
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Justin Klawans, theweek, 27 Feb. 2024
The ceremony came after Nguema seized power in a coup d'etat last week, in the latest usurping of control in African countries.
—Justin Klawans, The Week, 4 Sep. 2023
Bazoum was deposed from power three weeks ago during a coup d'etat that installed a military junta in Niger, and has been imprisoned in the basement of the presidential palace ever since.
—Justin Klawans, The Week, 12 Aug. 2023
Fighting began after the RSF attempted to seize control of the Sudanese government in an ongoing coup d'etat.
—Justin Klawans, The Week, 18 Apr. 2023
A lot of crazy things have to happen for the Colts to make it to January, including Ralph Nader seizing the presidency in a bloody coup d'etat.
—Nat Newell, The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2020
Also in attendance at that event was the junta leader who seized power in Guinea a little over a year after Mali's coup d'etat.
—Krista Larson, ajc, 24 Sep. 2022
In August 1991, hard-liners in the government launched an abortive coup d'etat.
—William Welch and Jorge Ortiz, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
The 84-year-old former leader was overthrown in a coup d'etat in September by a military junta that now leads the West African country.
—Washington Post, 5 May 2022
Justin Klawans, theweek, 27 Feb. 2024
The ceremony came after Nguema seized power in a coup d'etat last week, in the latest usurping of control in African countries.
—Justin Klawans, The Week, 4 Sep. 2023
Bazoum was deposed from power three weeks ago during a coup d'etat that installed a military junta in Niger, and has been imprisoned in the basement of the presidential palace ever since.
—Justin Klawans, The Week, 12 Aug. 2023
Fighting began after the RSF attempted to seize control of the Sudanese government in an ongoing coup d'etat.
—Justin Klawans, The Week, 18 Apr. 2023
A lot of crazy things have to happen for the Colts to make it to January, including Ralph Nader seizing the presidency in a bloody coup d'etat.
—Nat Newell, The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2020
Also in attendance at that event was the junta leader who seized power in Guinea a little over a year after Mali's coup d'etat.
—Krista Larson, ajc, 24 Sep. 2022
In August 1991, hard-liners in the government launched an abortive coup d'etat.
—William Welch and Jorge Ortiz, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
The 84-year-old former leader was overthrown in a coup d'etat in September by a military junta that now leads the West African country.
—Washington Post, 5 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coup d'état
Noun
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But the indictment against Bolsonaro suggests that the Brazilian leader went much further than Trump did, allegedly bringing high-ranking military officers into a coup plot and signing off on a plan to have prominent political opponents murdered.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Any attack on the Postal Service would be part of the billionaire oligarch coup, directed not just at the postal workers our union represents, but the millions of Americans who rely on the critical public service our members provide every single day.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The directive prompted a revolt at the Justice Department that burst into public view when Danielle Sassoon, the acting head of the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York, resigned in protest rather than file a motion seeking to drop the case.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2025
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Trump had his first big flop Punctuating the week was the Trump administration’s first big policy setback: the abrupt freeze, and then unfreezing, of federal grant funds amid a public revolt.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Bannon served four months in federal prison last year for an unrelated conviction for defying a congressional subpoena related to the House Committee’s probe of the Jan. 6 insurrection.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2025
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Trump upon taking office pardoned people convicted in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection, many of whom had pleaded guilty or been convicted or defacing or damaging the Capitol, which itself is a National Historic Landmark and contains multiple statues and other displays.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Some demonstrators called for the 65-year-old Republican to be hanged during that violent uprising.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Over the last millennium Poland experienced its share of invasions and uprisings against occupying forces.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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Disney has watched Universal’s insurgency with a clenched jaw.—
Brooks Barnes,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Terrorism and insurgency aren't existential risks, but why on Earth would Washington want to invite them over a conflict not of its making?—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Coup d'état.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coup%20d%27%C3%A9tat. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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