putsch

Example Sentences

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The military appointed General Horta N'Tam, the army's chief of staff, as the country's new leader for a transition period of one year after Wednesday's putsch.

From Barron's

One man set this attempted putsch in motion.

From Washington Post

Mali's putsch leaders and regional heads of state have been at odds over a proposed five-year election timeline that was then revised to two - a delay that was previously rejected as too long by ECOWAS.

From Reuters

We began the century by imposing regime change overseas; now we fend off a putsch at our Capitol.

From New York Times

The purported foiled putsch took place on the night between May 11 and May 12, the junta that took power in an August 2020 coup said in a statement.

From Reuters