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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 juntas
They are governed by military juntas that staged coups fueled by resentment toward old Western partners and democratic governments.
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Wilson McMakin,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Since seizing power, the juntas have cut ties with France and other Western powers, created their own security alliance and turned to Russia for military support to fight extremist insurgencies.
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ABC News,
10 June 2026
After a series of coups by officers dissatisfied with lagging counterterrorism efforts, juntas in the three countries booted France altogether, establishing close ties with Russia instead.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 May 2026
Following military coups, the juntas in the three countries have turned from Western allies to Russia for help in combating Islamic militants.
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CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
All three are led by military juntas that came to power through coups.
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Jewel Bright,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
The tri-border area has long been a hotbed for extremist violence, a trend worsened by the lack of security cooperation with Niger and Burkina Faso, both now led by military juntas.
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Arkansas Online,
13 Apr. 2026
Look no further than airstrikes in Nigeria, travel bans on 29 countries, and chummy alliances with military juntas.
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Joe Wilkins Published Mar 18,
Futurism,
18 Mar. 2026
In at least three Sahel states — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — military juntas that came to power in coups, notably Niger and Mali, have expelled Western military forces.
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Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
Wilson McMakin,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Since seizing power, the juntas have cut ties with France and other Western powers, created their own security alliance and turned to Russia for military support to fight extremist insurgencies.
—
ABC News,
10 June 2026
After a series of coups by officers dissatisfied with lagging counterterrorism efforts, juntas in the three countries booted France altogether, establishing close ties with Russia instead.
—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 May 2026
Following military coups, the juntas in the three countries have turned from Western allies to Russia for help in combating Islamic militants.
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CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
All three are led by military juntas that came to power through coups.
—
Jewel Bright,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
The tri-border area has long been a hotbed for extremist violence, a trend worsened by the lack of security cooperation with Niger and Burkina Faso, both now led by military juntas.
—
Arkansas Online,
13 Apr. 2026
Look no further than airstrikes in Nigeria, travel bans on 29 countries, and chummy alliances with military juntas.
—
Joe Wilkins Published Mar 18,
Futurism,
18 Mar. 2026
In at least three Sahel states — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — military juntas that came to power in coups, notably Niger and Mali, have expelled Western military forces.
—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for juntas
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In 2008, xenophobic riots left more than 60 dead — some burned alive by mobs — and tens of thousands displaced.
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The New York Anti-Abolition Riots began as mobs attacked large swaths of New York City, targeting homes, churches and businesses of Black residents and known abolitionists.
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The series blends crime procedural elements with the spiritual and cultural landscape of the Navajo reservation as the officers investigate brutal murders connected to larger conspiracies.
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Season 3 finds Ferguson's Juliette seeking answers to her experiences outside the silo and the conspiracies that led to their dystopian world.
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Breaking the hold of tech and financial oligarchies, including a ban on algorithmic wage-setting, ensures that AI does not become a tool for gutting the middle class.
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The open-source software movement, partly a political project to protect the freedom to tinker and prevent corporate oligarchies from stifling innovation, would become a cornerstone of the technology industry.
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Alongside that, South Africa’s police force has been embroiled in scandal, accused of corruption and collusion with criminal syndicates.
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Applying terrorism designations to criminal syndicates, Brazilian officials say, conflicts with domestic legal definitions and risks blurring distinctions underpinning international counterterrorism law.
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The initiative is intended to target transnational criminal organizations, foreign gangs, human trafficking networks and violent criminal aliens operating in the United States.
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Prosecutors say the ring operated between 2020 and 2026, transporting dozens of firearms from Georgia to Illinois and Indiana to be distributed to members gangs including the Black Disciples, Conservative Vice Lords and Mickey Cobras.
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Ramsey numbers for same-size red and blue cliques are called diagonal Ramsey numbers.
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Under Meza, player cliques developed, stars were pampered, discipline waned.
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Disney Channel Kids The tween audience of the early aughts had multiple networks catering to them, and Disney Channel’s musical ascent was just beginning.
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Their assets, systems and networks are considered so essential that their disruption would have a debilitating impact on national security, public safety or the economy.
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“Juntas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juntas. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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