coup
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But Skuba reckons the South Lawn event is "a true coup for the UFC."
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
The setting, which changes from a blank Brutalism to a trailer-park-home installation suggesting one of Arnold’s cold-eyed dioramas, creates its own theatrical coup.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Between the 2021 coup and being elected president, Min Aung Hlaing has travelled to Russia and China.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
On April 1, 1941, the “Golden Square”—four pro-Nazi officers—seized power in a military coup.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
In the military, brilliant generals are said to possess "coup d’oeil”—which, translated from the French, means "power of the glance”: the ability to immediately see and make sense of the battlefield.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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