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coup d'état

[koo dey-tah, koo dey-ta] / ˌku deɪˈtɑ, ku deɪˈta /


coup d'etat


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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




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