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It was the highest-level engagement between Washington and Myanmar’s ruling junta since the 2021 coup that ousted its elected leader, the Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, and plunged the country into civil war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The UK-EU summit had been due to be held in July in Brussels, but was postponed when Starmer was ousted.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
After the French ousted Faisal in 1920, the British installed him as the king of Iraq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Yemen has been devastated by a civil war that began in 2014, when the Houthis ousted the government from the capital, Sanaa.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
A spate of kangaroo killings in the late 1970s were attributed to a male Opaleye ousted from his homeland by a dominant female.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
