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coup

noun as in achievement, often by maneuver

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Three Americans convicted for their role in a failed coup in Democratic Republic of Congo last year have had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment, the presidency has said.

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Myanmar has been gripped by violence amid a civil war between the junta - which seized power in a 2021 coup - and ethnic militias and resistance forces across the country.

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He currently lives in the Thai city of Mae Sot with his wife and daughter, after escaping from Myanmar soon after a coup that took place in 2021.

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The 2021 military coup and subsequent civil war have only swelled their ranks.

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The military regime seized power in a coup in 2021, but it no longer controls many parts of the country, which are divided among rebel groups.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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