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coup

[koo] / ku /


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But Skuba reckons the South Lawn event is "a true coup for the UFC."

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

By May 31, the Iraqi coup leaders had fled.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Very little criticism came Slot or Liverpool's way when they were paraded as a coup in the summer.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Having Deborah decide to prolong her life with chemo because she could not resist mining this final seam of comedic gold was a coup de grace.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

I remember Hassan and I crouching that next morning outside my father’s study, as Baba and Rahim Khan sipped black tea and listened to breaking news of the coup on Radio Kabul.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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