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For Novig, which received the CFTC’s nod last month to operate nationwide, teaming with the Mets is a coup as it prepares its full-scale launch in August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Over the past year the military junta recaptured much of the territory it had lost to the hundreds of insurgent groups which formed to resist the coup.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

It was seen as a coup when Situational attracted institutional investors including quant trading firm Jane Street, which ranks among Wall Street’s most profitable firms and rarely allocates capital to outside managers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Eleven civilians and 24 soldiers were found guilty of involvement in the coup attempt and received long prison terms in 2024.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

He was the one who told her in the summer of 1973, when Mariam was fourteen, that King Zahir Shah, who had ruled from Kabul for forty years, had been overthrown in a bloodless coup.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

A former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, the island nation of 200,000 inhabitants has a history marked by attempted coups including one in 2022 that was promptly thwarted by the military.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

"When our presence was no longer wanted after the coups, we left," he explained.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

Pakistan has been directly ruled by its military for nearly half its existence via a series of coups since gaining independence in 1947.

From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026

He even fired his own son, Chad, who Horning said led several attempted management coups against him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

HERMIONE: Severus, I’m done with living off scraps, making failed attempts at coups.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling