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mutiny

[myoot-n-ee] / ˈmjut n i /




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Ochieng said the mutiny "demonstrates deep divisions and grievances within the security apparatus", in a country whose soldiers are "constantly in the line of fire, fighting militants".

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Was this a simple mutiny or an attempted coup?

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

For Niger's government, Saturday's mutiny highlights that the military is dealing not only with an external insurgency, but also signs of discontent within its own ranks.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

Cash in circulation jumped after President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilisation in September 2022 and during a brief mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group in June 2023.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

General Philippe Pétain, who replaced Nivelle as commander in chief, dealt with the mutiny more through persuasion than punishment.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Puckish and determined, Hockney didn’t shrink from mutinies small or large.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

The latest controversy adds to a list which includes sinkings, crashes, mutinies, and the controversial 1877 dead heat, when the result was decided in court.

From BBC Apr. 11, 2025

China has taken some limited steps recently to prevent strikes, mutinies and violence on its fishing ships.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 2023

Rights groups also warn that civilians usually bear the brunt of these mutinies.

From Washington Times Jul. 28, 2023

They weren’t mutinies in the sense that soldiers attacked their officers, but were more like workmen’s strikes, in which entire units refused to return to the trenches or take part in new attacks.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

He briefly mutinied, demanding back-pay for his soldiers, promotions and a political position for his brother.

From BBC Nov. 3, 2025

Around 3 p.m., she and the two other employees working that day mutinied.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2025

There was further controversy last year when members of the Spanish women's team mutinied against their coach Jorge Vilda.

From Reuters Aug. 31, 2023

A few years after the showdown at Worms, unpaid troops in the Habsburg Emperor’s army mutinied, then sacked Rome and the Vatican.

From Slate Apr. 21, 2023

At the end of October, German naval crews mutinied, and within a week, revolutionary outbreaks had spread to every big German city.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

On 7 December, mutinying soldiers claimed to have overthrown the Benin president.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2026

In parts of his interview reported by Reuters earlier this week, he said the mutinying Russian mercenaries had headed for a nuclear base in pursuit of a backpack-sized atomic weapon.

From Reuters Jul. 14, 2023

By the end of his reign, Roman armies in Gaul and Hispania were mutinying.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

But because I apparently can't make it every single night without my family mutinying, I decided to take its elements and put them into a bite I can have every night.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2022

They were always showing Columbus discovering America, having one helluva time getting old Ferdinand and Isabella to lend him the dough to buy ships with, and then the sailors mutinying on him and all.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger




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