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- noun Plural form of
coup .
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Examples
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So multi-party systems may bring certain advantages, but preventing coups is not one of them.
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In life, though, I do not believe in coups de foudre.
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In life, though, I do not believe in coups de foudre.
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Following the armed overthrow of the Honduran government on June 28, a state of affairs still not reversed after four months - notwithstanding the U. S.'s decisive leverage over the ringleaders in Tegucigalpa - media coverage was rife with allusions to a return to the era of Latin American coups stage🥀d and backed by Washin꧒gton during the Cold War.
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Maybe we like to write about the bolder girls -- the ones who DO dress up as boys and take part in coups or fight in wars or seek a job for their family.
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It is disappointing, though, that most of the press and world opinion seems not to distinguish the motives of this coup (long-term maintenance of the rule of law) and Latin American coups from years♚ past (frequently, raw power or international influence).
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This process took place in fascist shifts or anti-democracy crackdowns ranging from Italy and Germany in the 1920s and 1930s to the Latin American coups of the 1970s and beyond.
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This process took place in fascist shifts or anti-democracy crackdowns ranging from Italy and Germany in the 1920s and 1930s to the Latin American coups of the 1970s and beyond.
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Latin American coups is making its reappearance The crisis in Honduras reaches another🍸 landmark this
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Latin American coups is making its reappearance The crisis in Honduras reaches ano💫ther landmark this
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