coup
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Barre seized power in Somalia in a bloodless coup in 1969.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
On Monday, former President Barack Obama announced he would travel to Detroit to stump for El-Sayed, a hard-won coup for the candidate.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
The coup bid and a corruption probe against Flavio Bolsonaro did little to sway voters fed up with crime, violence and the battle to make ends meet in Latin America's biggest economy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
At the time of Ramsdale's signing, he looked to be the perfect goalkeeper and a coup for Southampton.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Mr. Glass’s perhaps most inspired coup as a decorator was manifest just behind and above the couch where young Franny Glass was now sleeping.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Guinea-Bissau, one of the poorest countries in the world, has experienced at least nine attempted and successful coups since gaining independence from Portugal in 1974.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
"When our presence was no longer wanted after the coups, we left," he told The Africa Report.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso left Ecowas after military coups brought their armies to power.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
The law excludes those accused of involvement in alleged coups and assassination attempts.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
If you wore special glasses you could see them spinning through the sky among the bats and homing birds—blondes, wars, famines, football, food shows, coups d’ etat, hairstyles stiff with hair spray.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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