coup d'état
Example Sentences
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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup d'etat, underwent successful surgery on Thursday to repair an inguinal hernia, his wife said.
From Barron's • Dec. 25, 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
After the councillor had left, Loedinger, my old associate and prison-mate, told me in confidence, that he expected a coup d'etat.
From Waldfried A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
