as in mob
a military group controlling a government after taking control of it by force
A military junta quickly seized power in the country.
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Recent Examples of junta
The situation is so devastating that the military junta issued a rare plea for help, prompting foreign aid and international rescue teams to head to Myanmar.
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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Away from the front line, communities are rebuilding and establishing public services outside of the junta system.
—Emily Fishbein, Hpan Ja Brang, The Dial, 17 Apr. 2025
The opposition’s shadow National Unity Government, which leads resistance to the military government, accused the junta Saturday of carrying out 63 airstrikes and artillery attacks since the earthquake, resulting in the deaths of 68 civilians, including one child and 15 women.
—Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Using a fig leaf of legitimacy The latest disaster comes as the junta is again attempting to push for elections.
—Tharaphi Than, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Away from the front line, communities are rebuilding and establishing public services outside of the junta system.
—Emily Fishbein, Hpan Ja Brang, The Dial, 17 Apr. 2025
The opposition’s shadow National Unity Government, which leads resistance to the military government, accused the junta Saturday of carrying out 63 airstrikes and artillery attacks since the earthquake, resulting in the deaths of 68 civilians, including one child and 15 women.
—Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Using a fig leaf of legitimacy The latest disaster comes as the junta is again attempting to push for elections.
—Tharaphi Than, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junta
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In 1958, President Eisenhower invoked the Insurrection Act to deploy troops to Arkansas to enforce the Supreme Court’s decision ending racial segregation in schools, and to defend Black students against a violent mob.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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An angry mob of citizens — who recognized him from media coverage as the Night Stalker — surrounded him, beating him with a steel rod until police arrived.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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Another alleged the fight was a conspiracy between Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, to gain footing by leveraging the pop star's high-profile.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Bongino updated Fox News host Sean Hannity on the investigation into the Epstein file as conspiracies continue to float that he was murdered in prison.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
5 June 2025
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This July, Caroline Phillips and her National Cannabis Festival will return, bringing Big Boi, Three 6 Mafia, Ty Dolla $ign, and Curren$y to Washington DC’s RFK Stadium Festival Grounds for what’s become the largest cannabis festival on the East Coast.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
4 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Morgan Wallen’s Sand in My Boots Festival had Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz and Three 6 Mafia onstage.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
2 June 2025
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The film is a dead-on skewering of the high-on-their-own supply megalomania that now afflicts so many members of the techno oligarchy, who unfortunately also control the levers of the world.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
31 May 2025
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There is no ethical consumption under tech oligarchy, etc.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
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Gemini: Francis Fratelli Francis is the quick-witted and sly son of Mama Fratelli, the matriarch of Astoria’s infamous syndicate.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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The Director also happens to be the bloody mama of the secret crime syndicate the Ruska Roma—the very organization whose clutches John Wick is seeking to escape.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
6 June 2025
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The Department of Homeland Security said Saturday that recent ICE operations in the south state resulted in the arrest of 118 people, including five individuals the agency identified as gang members.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2025
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When Barillas arrived at the detention center, a probation officer demanded to know his gang affiliation, according to the settlement document.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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Vasquez was the leader of the Trece Locos Salvatrucha, or TLS, clique of MS-13 operating in Somerville.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
23 May 2025
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My new book, The Last Ferry Out (out May 20), unhooks the velvet rope into another fascinating clique: a group of expats living on a tiny tropical island off the coast of Cancún.—
Andrea Bartz,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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“Junta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junta. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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