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as in coalition
an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection
the bloc that the United States and most of western Europe formed during the Cold War
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Recent Examples of bloc
And now, even though the National Rally controls the biggest voting bloc, political scientist Corinne Mellul says there is little chance Macron would name someone from the far-right.
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Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
As reported by Reuters, Anutin's election was the result of a political agreement with the progressive opposition People's Party, the largest bloc in parliament, which was convinced by his promise to hold a referendum on amending the constitution and call a general election within four months.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The meeting of the bloc of mostly developing nations comes as South Korea mulls joining the CPTPP, a pan-Pacific free trade group, while European officials head to New Delhi for talks on deepening economic ties and India looks to tighten technological cooperation with Singapore.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Instead, the gamble backfired, producing a fragmented legislature with no dominant bloc for the first time in France's modern republic.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
As reported by Reuters, Anutin's election was the result of a political agreement with the progressive opposition People's Party, the largest bloc in parliament, which was convinced by his promise to hold a referendum on amending the constitution and call a general election within four months.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The meeting of the bloc of mostly developing nations comes as South Korea mulls joining the CPTPP, a pan-Pacific free trade group, while European officials head to New Delhi for talks on deepening economic ties and India looks to tighten technological cooperation with Singapore.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Instead, the gamble backfired, producing a fragmented legislature with no dominant bloc for the first time in France's modern republic.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloc
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There is a young faction of the movement that wants to extricate US money and power from the rest of the world, Israel included.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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An escape plan is hatched, leading to a breaking of factions, betrayals, and a shocking confrontation.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Trump, who has sometimes seemed conflicted about the anti-vax sentiment in his coalition that prevents him from claiming more credit for Operation Warp Speed, has thoroughly capitulated to the political reality that Kennedy is a useful ally.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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Economic turbulence comes at a complex moment for the La Libertad Avanza coalition.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Many of the amendments are likely to spark infighting among Republicans as the party battles over whether to become more isolationist in the face of skepticism about assisting foreign countries.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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Investigators said that parties involved in the argument were leaving the indoor amusement park when Reed assaulted an employee, unprovoked, while making his way outside.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Sep. 2025
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Ellis highlighted the importance of having a film establish such a strong alliance between the North and Northeast of Brazil, especially considering the longstanding focus on the Southeast and cities like Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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Politics and aesthetics have an uneasy alliance.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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In another example, against Real Sociedad in the knockout phase of the same competition in March, Alejandro Garnacho and Diogo Dalot have swapped positions, with winger Garnacho in the right wing-back slot.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Mamdani is still running on the most left-wing platform of any modern Democratic nominee for mayor of New York.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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In the sixteenth century, the nomadic, reindeer-herding Sámi people of what’s now northern Sweden and Finland and the Shawnee of the Ohio Valley in North America, who lived in farming villages organized as a confederacy, didn’t necessarily have much in common.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Aug. 2025
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Americans are divided on that topic, with 55% saying historical figures that supported the confederacy and racial segregation should not be memorialized in a June 2024 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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One strong gust of wind can be enough to flip one of these trailers onto its side.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Even rarer these days is a repeater that does not show its gongs and hammers on the dial side.—
Carol Besler,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Spending money to protect Harris isn’t sitting well with some, including the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents rank-and-file LAPD officers.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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The union representing jail nurses and mental health clinicians has also raised concerns.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Bloc.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloc. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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