Sentence examples for coup bid from inspiring English sources

Gordon Brown dismissed the botched coup bid as "silliness" today as he told of his determination to remain prime minister.

The attempt promptly fizzled out after it became apparent that a mass uprising in support of the coup bid would fail to materialise.

Ties between Turkey and Austria have strained after a number of Austrian politicians spoke out against Turkey's longstanding bid to join the EU, particularly after the vast purge that followed the coup bid.

Stephen Kinzer (NYT) THE AMERICAS PARAGUAY: 70 HELD IN COUP BID More than 70 people, mostly military and police officers, have been arrested and many others, including the local correspondent of Agence France-Presse and two radio station owners, are facing criminal charges on suspicion that they were involved in a failed coup attempt early Friday.

What's behind the coup bid?

Mr Nkurunziza was out of the country when military officers launched their coup bid against him on Wednesday.

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Take Hungary: a surprise takeover bid, an investigation into alleged insider trading and two shareholder-backed boardroom coups have recently given shareholders some rare flickers of encouragement.Hungarian boardrooms received their first wake-up call in April.

In a coup last summer, he acquired control of the Omnitel cellular network in Italy by supporting Olivetti's successful takeover bid against Italy's dominant telephone company, Telecom Italia.

Ms Manigat, 70, a university law professor whose husband Leslie was ousted in a 1988 coup, is bidding to become the country first female leader.

The event, hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker, who stars in a coming Weinstein Company comedy called "I Don't Know How She Does It," will also give the studio a platform to discuss a recent coup: After a bidding war last weekend, Mr. Weinstein won distribution rights to the next film from Paul Thomas Anderson, the celebrated director whose movies include "There Will Be Blood".