| military coup | 33.18 | Military coups. | ||
| failed coup | 13.50 | But the failed coup left its mark. | ||
| attempted coup | 11.72 | The attempted coup set off a bloodbath. | ||
| bloody coup | 7.90 | Threats of a bloody coup hang in the air. | ||
| alleged coup | 7.37 | Alleged coup leaders executed. | ||
| bloodless coup | 5.07 | His bloodless coup brought a temporary stability. | ||
| major coup | 4.81 | Getting France to Australia was a major coup. | ||
| abortive coup | 4.02 | That dispute was aggravated by the abortive coup in Qatar. | ||
| former coup | 3.09 | Former coup leader Raoul Cedras lives in exile in Panama. | ||
| diplomatic coup | 2.83 | Vajpayee emerges taller statesman after diplomatic coup. | ||
| possible coup | 2.30 | Signs of possible coup as gunshots heard in capital. | ||
| violent coup | 1.84 | Hun Sen deposed Ranariddh in a violent coup last year. | ||
| recent coup | 1.65 | The clashes follow recent coups in two other West African countries. | ||
| short-lived coup | 1.65 | The invasion followed a short-lived military coup by advocates of union with Greece. | ||
| aborted coup | 1.32 | W A S H I N G T O N NEWT Folo on the aborted Newt Gingrich coup. | ||
| foiled coup | 1.32 | The foiled coup was not linked to a larger movement, Mirani said. | ||
| political coup | 1.32 | That would be a political coup! | ||
| second coup | 1.32 | It is the second coup plot reported in two years. | ||
| communist coup | 1.18 | Suharto had just crushed a Communist coup attempt. | ||
| latest coup | 1.12 | His latest coup was to get the case moved where he wanted it. |