How to Use bloc in a Sentence

bloc

noun

• Trade flowed between the two power blocs of the world.
  — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
• That matchup could be decided by a key voting bloc.
  — ABC News, 24 May 2026
• If the mayor and his bloc won’t act, voters will in the next election.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2025
• In a bloc system, voters get as many votes as there are seats in that district.
  — Jennifer Lynn McCoy, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
• The aim would be to ensure the costs of the sanctions were shared fairly across the bloc.
  — James Marson, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2021
• The bloc has been split in its reaction to the arrest warrants.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
• The bloc is less open to a British return, however.
  — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 1 June 2026
• The bloc’s expansion also has added strains.
  — ABC News, 14 May 2026
• This is not the first such fracturing of the regional bloc.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
• But China and the bloc are each other's largest trade partners.
  — Arkansas Online, 2 Apr. 2022
• His return to power would be a boost to Europe’s right-wing blocs.
  — ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
• And the lack of blockbuster cross-border tie-ups is grinding some gears within the bloc.
  — Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
• Current polls show that Netanyahu’s bloc is not likely to win many more than fifty seats.
  — Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
• Discussions on trade tariffs were high on the bloc’s agenda.
  — Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
• Losing hold of the old Soviet bloc?
  — Lena Surzhko Harned, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
• Rocha Moya and others charged are members of the Morena bloc.
  — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
• Venezuela has been suspended from the bloc and is not included in the agreement.
  — Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
• Jurado and Burgos, if elected, could add two more votes to that bloc.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
• Who wins will resonate wider in the 27-member EU bloc.
  — ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
• But more of that trade occurs within geopolitical blocs rather than across them.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
• The bloc has frozen billions in funding to Hungary over rule-of-law concerns.
  — Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
• The bloc is already home to one of the world's most-active emissions-trading markets.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2022
• The latest round of sanctions would mark one of the bloc’s most severe moves against Moscow.
  — Robert Hart, Forbes, 6 May 2022
• Parties must win at least 4% of the vote to take a seat, while blocs made up of three or more parties must hit 8%.
  — ABC News, 7 June 2026
• Members of that bloc might be reluctant to make any changes, since the rule is the very thing that empowers them.
  — Carl Hulse, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
• Parties must win at least 4% of the vote to enter, while blocs made up of three or more parties must hit 8%.
  — Avet Demourian, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
• So the eight countries could reroute trade within the EU’s free trade bloc to avoid those tariffs.
  — Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
• The pipeline accounts for more than a third of Russian gas exports to the trading bloc.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 21 July 2022
• The marble bloc was found in a hall of baptism called a photisterion.
  — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
• He is expected to convene a summit of the bloc’s leaders later this week.
  — Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026