coup d'etat
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Democracy was restored months later, after the Greek junta engineered a botched coup d'etat in Cyprus that prompted a Turkish invasion.
From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025
President Park Chun-hee, a military dictator who took power in a coup d’etat in 1963, suggested that the company make the broth spicy in order to appeal to Korean palates.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2024
In the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, there has been a civil war going on since a military coup d’etat in 2021.
From Salon • Oct. 28, 2023
"We are no longer there to be the substitute for a coup d'etat or a failing political process," Macron said.
From Reuters • Jun. 21, 2023
The first news sent by the wire to England was of the celebrated coup d'etat of the 2d December, which cleared the way for Louis Napoleon's ascent of the throne.
From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton
