coup
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On Monday, former President Barack Obama announced he would travel to Detroit to stump for El-Sayed, a hard-won coup for the candidate.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
At the time of Ramsdale's signing, he looked to be the perfect goalkeeper and a coup for Southampton.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Analysts say the group's Chinese patronage and business ties have allowed Wa State to remain relatively insulated from the civil war consuming the rest of Myanmar since a 2021 military coup.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
What had looked like a catastrophe turned into a marketing coup: In a wave of nostalgia, millions of Americans rediscovered a tried-and-true product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The mall was the final coup de grace for the downtown area, taking with it the Sears and the Penney’s and leaving behind the dirty bookstores.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
The takeover added Guinea-Bissau to a growing list of western and central African countries that have experienced military coups in recent years.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso left Ecowas after military coups brought their armies to power.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
The military, which seized power in two coups in 2020 and 2021, did not immediately comment on events and no claims of responsibility were made.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
Pakistan has been directly ruled by its military for nearly half its existence via a series of coups since gaining independence in 1947.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
If you wore special glasses you could see them spinning through the sky among the bats and homing birds—blondes, wars, famines, football, food shows, coups d’ etat, hairstyles stiff with hair spray.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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