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
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
The Chun Doo-hwan military junta, which would go on to rule South Korea as a dictatorship for the next eight years, had just seized power in a coup d’etat and declared martial law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
On the morning following the "coup d'etat" a report reached the State House that a company of colored men, commanded by Gen. King White, from Pine Bluff, had arrived and was quartered on Rock Street.
From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Booker T. Washington
Mr. Putin is spending “more time in underground bunkers,” the Financial Times reports, and he is taking other security precautions amid Kremlin concerns “over a coup d’état or an assassination attempt, specifically involving drones.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
“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
“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
Boluarte said she plans to visit former President Castillo in prison, adding his "coup d'état surprised us all, including his ministers."
From Reuters ● Dec. 9, 2022
Having accomplished his coup d'état, O'Reilly was conciliatory, and appointed numerous old French officers, like Villiers and De Mézières, to important positions.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
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