putsch

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Aung San's wartime comrade Ne Win, who had taken the helm of the armed forces after the leader's assassination in murky circumstances, swooped in in a putsch he justified as protection against Myanmar's disintegration.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

In Niger, the circumstances surrounding the 2023 putsch were equally distinctive.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Though they largely put down the putsch, many then turned their wrath on Alawites, a largely impoverished minority that constitutes some 10% of the country’s population and which dominated Assad-era security services and state bureaucracy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

Foreign powers condemned the putsch but did nothing.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023

And I also fail to understand the timing of The Brain's putsch.

From The Brain by Blade, Alexander