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- 01. The President was seriously injured in a [coup] attempt early this morning.02. The general population seems to support the [coup] which overthrew the government.03. A military [coup] financed by the U.S. government resulted in the overthrow of the democratically-elected government of Salvador Allende in Chile.04. The leader of the army has been sentenced to death for his part in the attempted [coup].05. Political analysts have suggested that the majority of the population are supporting the [coup] against a very corrupt government.06. The Toronto Maple Leafs have scored a major sports [coup] in signing goalie Curtis Joseph to a new contract.07. The government fears a [coup] by the army if democratic reforms include prosecution of the leaders of the former military regime.08. The developers of Hotmail scored a major [coup] by putting out their e-mail program before anything similar had appeared on the Internet.09. The United Nations has refused to recognize the government of the military leader who took power in a bloody [coup] last month.10. Chile's democratically-elected government of Salvador Allende was overthrown during a CIA-backed [coup] led by Augusto Pinochet.11. The Bolsheviks took power in Russia in 1917 in a violent [coup].12. In 1964, one month after Zanzibar became independent, the ruling government was overthrown in a [coup].13. In February of 1991, Thailand's armed forces seized power in a bloodless [coup], and arrested the Prime Minister.14. Although Bolivia gained independence from Spanish rule in 1825, much of its history since then has consisted of a series of nearly 200 [coups] and counter-[coups].
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.