coup
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Sierra Leone's government has dropped its charges, including treason, against ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma, who was arrested in connection with an attempted coup nearly three years ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The approval was a coup for Paramount chief executive David Ellison, whose father, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, largely financed the takeover.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
His company had just acquired Hostess, the maker of Twinkies, in a $5 billion deal and it seemed like a coup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Swift and husband Travis Kelce's choice of the venerable Parisian house for their New York wedding ensembles this weekend represented a major coup for the LVMH-owned brand.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Lydia was exuberant over the coup she’d scored for Dill, her own clothing finds, and her stylish older new friend.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
"When our presence was no longer wanted after the coups, we left," he explained.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
Guinea has experienced repeated periods of instability since independence, marked by military coups, contested elections and violent crackdowns on dissent.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 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
Madagascar is the latest of several former French colonies in Africa to come under military control since 2020, after coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger and other nations.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
If you wore special glasses you could see them spinning through the sky among the bats and homing birds—blondes, wars, famines, football, food shows, coups d’ etat, hairstyles stiff with hair spray.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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