How to Use coup in a Sentence

coup

noun
  • It was a major coup when they got the Vice President to appear on their show for an interview.
  • Shake well, freeze, and serve in a coup.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
  • But talk of coups and plots doesn’t come from nowhere.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • Many coup plots never come to fruition.
    — John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But why do some coups succeed and others fail?
    — John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Africa is no stranger to coups or swift changes in government.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Those who rise to power through a coup often fall by the same means.
    — John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
  • And now, like with any worthwhile coup, all the king’s men are talking.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The men behind the coup had made a broadcast or two, but at least one of them was drunk.
    — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • This sung-through musical pulled off something of a coup of its own.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Who is the prince at the center of the far-right coup plot in Germany?
    — Andy Eckardt, NBC News, 27 May 2023
  • Haiti still does not know who inside the country may have helped finance the coup.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2024
  • In 1969, the BBC scored a coup.
    — Rance Collins, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The coup thus far is getting Matarazzo to play Mark.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 18 May 2026
  • Lipa choice of Chanel is somewhat of a coup for both parties.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 20 June 2026
  • All three are led by military juntas that came to power through coups.
    — Jewel Bright, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The decree was repealed when Teodoro came to power in a coup.
    — ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Landing Chawawa and Chandran is a coup.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
  • So why are so many African countries prone to falling into a coup trap?
    — John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The coup de grâce on all this is that Blake then leaves early, sticking the ladies with the check.
    — Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
  • De Moraes, who oversaw Bolsonaro's coup case, is yet to rule.
    — ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Bolsonaro is now one of thousands of coup plotters who have been brought to justice.
    — Joe Wright, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But not all coup plotters are held accountable for their actions.
    — Joe Wright, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But Tom’s publicity coup comes at a cost.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
  • Not all coup plotters are held accountable for their actions.
    — Joe Wright, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Bolsonaro could soon join the ranks of thousands of coup plotters who have been brought to justice.
    — Joe Wright, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That’s not to say that every political event that smells like a coup is, in fact, a coup.
    — John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Military regimes ruled Guatemala for decades after this coup.
    — Aaron Coy Moulton, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
  • In the past, a popular uprising or a coup could bring tyranny to an end.
    — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Defeating them to begin the season—that’s a coup!
    — Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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