Phrases with «political coup»

A "political coup" refers to an event when a group of individuals, often within a government or ruling party, overthrows the existing political leadership or seizes control of the government. It is typically done forcefully or against the rules, aiming to replace the current leadership with a new one. Full definition

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Nobody we know had ever traveled or lived there, and the only things we'd really heard about the country were the great diving and the recent political coup in 2009. (aroundthisworld.com)
The book, which comes out in 2011, will address Brown's «family background, his early career, and his ascent to the office of Massachusetts senator, one of the biggest political coups of the decade.» (bookpage.com)
At its core, the show is about the aftermath of a violent political coup in America that ushers in an extremist theocracy rooted in relentless misogyny justified by various tenets of fundamentalist Christianity. (relevantmagazine.com)
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Phrases with «political coup»

Sentences with «political coup»

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