coup d'etat
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Democracy was restored months later, after the Greek junta engineered a botched coup d'etat in Cyprus that prompted a Turkish invasion.
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 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
The beginning of 2000 saw an Ecuadorean coup d’etat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
"We are no longer there to be the substitute for a coup d'etat or a failing political process," Macron said.
From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2023
Membership After the successful coup d'etat in September 1944, communist party membership grew with unprecedented speed.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut
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
The term "insurrection" is almost synonymous with "coup d'état" and the idea that you are trying to overthrow the government.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 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
La Vérité, a pamphlet containing the true history of the coup d'état, is announced in London, with the production of authentic documents which could not get printed in France.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by
