coup
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Riley, who rose to fame as a member of the hip-hop group the Coup, uses zaniness to get his message across.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Britain “effectively reduced Iran to the status of a British protectorate,” according to Stephen Kinzer in All the Shah’s Men External link: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
“Black Box Diaries” “No Other Land” “Porcelain War” “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” “Sugarcane”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
In My First Coup d'Etat, Mahama Jr describes himself as "an observant child with an active imagination and an unbounded curiosity".
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2024
“Was there ever a Coup de Theatre,” Adams complained, “that had so great an effect as Jefferson’s Penmanship of the Declaration of Independence.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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