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coup d'état

[koo day-tah, koo day-ta] / ˌku deɪˈtɑ, ku deɪˈta /


coup d'etat


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Elsewhere we learn that, during the 1978 coup d’état, the hotel’s chefs “whipped up special dishes, turning tender steaks and scrumptious cakes into weapons of distraction.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

“In time of coup d’état and autocracy in Africa, this election is an opportunity to reinforce a unique democracy in central Africa,” said Fred Bauma, executive director of Congolese research institute Ebuteli.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

Canada will suspend direct development assistance to the government of Niger in response to the attempted coup d’état in the West African nation, the federal government said on Saturday.

From Reuters ● Aug. 6, 2023

“After I started writing about the problem of the coup d’état, they didn’t invite me again,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023

Many interpret this to mean that people must be prepared for a conciliar coup d'état.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von D?llinger

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup d'etat, underwent successful surgery on Thursday to repair an inguinal hernia, his wife said.

From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025

In the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, there has been a civil war going on since a military coup d’etat in 2021.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2023

Pereira's lawyer, Sebastiao Coelho da Silva, denied there had been an attempted coup d'etat and questioned the severity of the damage.

From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2023

However, on 17 June, Ben Bella's own Minister of Defence Houari Boumediene carried out a coup d'etat, deposing the president and cancelling the second match.

From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2022

He cared nothing for the effect of a coup d'etat.

From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger


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