coups d'état
- plural of coup d'état.
Example Sentences
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Bolton responded that "I disagree with that. As somebody who has helped plan coups d'état, not here, but, you know, other places, it takes a lot of work. And that's not what he did."
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2022
Among them are Burkina Faso and Mali, which both face fast-growing insurgencies and have endured a combined three coups d'état since 2020.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2022
All coups d’état should be condemned, said Umaro Sissoco Embaló, the president of Guinea-Bissau.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2020
He added: “Countries can withstand coups d’état, wars and conflict, even leaving the EU, but no country can withstand the loss of its soil and fertility.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2019
The victories of parties in this country have never been by coups d'état.
From The Nation in a Nutshell by Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
