Thesaurus results for JUNTAS

juntas

noun

plural of junta

as in mobs

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 Following military coups, the juntas in the three countries turned from Western allies to Russia for help combating Islamic militants. — ABC News, 10 July 2026 They are governed by military juntas that staged coups fueled by resentment toward old Western partners and democratic governments. — Wilson McMakin, Los Angeles Times, 19 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. — 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

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In Iran, Afghans have been attacked by mobs and baselessly accused of collaborating with Israel; some legal residents have had police tear up their documents in front of them.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 31 Aug. 2026
While clearing mobs of enemies can be fun, the combat really shines during the game’s many boss fights.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026

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But like many aspects of 21st-century American life, the vaccines became a partisan point of debate as often false anti-vaccine conspiracies spread to millions of people.

— Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
The result is a sprawling theory combining paranoid interpretations of current events with historical conspiracies.

— Matthew N. Hannah, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of conspiracies

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Moreover, most Americans maintained the outdated notion that oligarchies couldn’t exist in nations that were at least nominally democratic.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
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.

— Sarita Gupta, Time, 2 June 2026

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Complex investigations to dismantle drug trafficking syndicates can require advanced equipment, Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokesperson for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, wrote in a statement.

— Aneri Pattani — KFF Health News, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026
Informal mining is a deep problem in South Africa and is connected to criminal syndicates, according to authorities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of syndicates

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Mexico Government Smuggling gasoline and diesel from the United States into Mexico and reselling it tax-free is a huge money-maker for organized crime gangs, including drug cartels.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Police spokesperson Garry Desrosiers took only a handful of questions from journalists at a news conference Thursday, just days after gangs attacked Kenscoff, a once-peaceful farming community nestled in the hills near Port-au-Prince.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of gangs

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So the players will get a day off to cool down but have to spend the night at the pub quiz in teams of Ted’s choosing, never mind the cliques.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Amid the crushes, cliques, and teenage angst, two sisters set out to define themselves on their own terms.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of cliques

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Organizations aggregate enormous amounts of telemetry across endpoints, networks, identities, applications and cloud infrastructure.

— Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Polls are often sponsored by television networks or news organizations, but conducted by universities or polling companies over which the FCC has no control.

— Jeff Mason, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

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