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In June, Bogota and Washington temporarily called home their respective diplomatic envoys after Petro spoke of an alleged plot to overthrow him and hinted at involvement of the "Colombian and American extreme right."

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Zegada, the sociologist, said that his supporters "have already warned that if the next government does not live up to its promises, they will mobilize to overthrow it."

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The protests started in July 2024 against civil service job quotas for relatives of those who fought in the 1971 war but soon escalated into a mass movement to overthrow Hasina.

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Congress created the Insurrection Act as a fail-safe in response to armed mobs attacking their neighbors and organized militias seeking to overthrow elected officials.

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Some farmers see the Cosmic Crisp as a newcomer poised to overthrow the Honeycrisp.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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