Sentence examples for to coup from inspiring English sources

There are other ways to look at 9/11, as anything from Armageddon to coup d'état.

West took the trick, but whatever he played next allowed declarer to coup East's trumps.

"We can't accept in this country to live from coup to coup".

Several other princes have been linked to coup plots, real or imagined, and have similarly been disqualified as credible candidates.

Twenty five years ago, Mozambique and Namibia were also being torn apart by war and Ghana was lurching from coup to coup.

The constitution received strong criticism from international human rights groups, however, because it granted legal immunity to coup participants and curtailed other rights, particularly regarding a clause that allowed leaders to suspend freedoms in the event of government-declared emergencies.

Mauritania, he said, must not fall into a "vicious circle" that could force other governments to take "measures with consequences that would anger" those who had just taken power.Despite a reputation for dithering that has worsened during the crises in Darfur and Zimbabwe, the AU has occasionally stood up decisively to coup-makers.

While the Turkish military has a history of intervening in politics — it carried out three coups in the past five decades — Mr. Erdogan and his allies had systematically sought to coup-proof the army through a series of sensational trials, and it was thought not able to mount a takeover of the government.

I have always been opposed to coups.

THAILAND is no stranger to coups.

"No to coups, yes to elections," many shouted.