Sentence examples for failed a coup from inspiring English sources

After a failed a coup attempt in 1982 by members of the Air Force, Mr. Moi began ruling with an iron hand.

After a failed coup, a rebel group called the MPCI seized control of the northern half of the country.

Consider "The Secret Disco Revolution" something of a failed coup, an attempt to rewrite, or at least reframe, history that simply falls short of its goal.

"The coup has failed," an exultant Maduro declared.

In 1974, a failed Greek coup led to a Turkish invasion and the establishment of a U.N.-patroled buffer zone.

This decision was followed by a failed Parchamite coup, after which Hafizullah Amin, a Khalqist, initiated a purge against the Parchamites.

But Turkey's ties with China warmed significantly after 2016, when Erdogan faced a failed coup and a chill in relations with the West.

The USSR was fatally weakened by a failed coup and a growing number of Soviet republics, particularly Russia, who threatened to secede from the USSR.

(Chávez, a former paratrooper, led a failed military coup years before he was elected President).

Ten days earlier, party officials staged a failed coup in an attempt to remove Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev from office.

Erdoğan himself declared the failed coup "a gift from God" days after it happened.