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blocs

noun

plural of bloc

as in factions

a group of people acting together within a larger group a whole bloc of students got together to complain

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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 blocs Trade restrictions are breaking up world markets, but not into tidy blocs. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 Beyond concerns about Hong's old tweets, however, critics have suggested the campaign underperformed with key voting blocs and made questionable decisions, such as dedicating $150,200 to online ads without running a single TV broadcast spot. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2026 Netanyahu is courting blocs of ultranationalist voters ahead of what’s expected to be a difficult reelection campaign in October. — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Indeed, its domestic coalition spans Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish political blocs. — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Fragmentation in the form of armed conflicts, tariff disputes and the dissolution of trade blocs is at an all-time high. — Yasushi Sasaki, Fortune, 30 July 2026 These various developing relationships with Iraq do not represent a simple competition among rival countries or blocs. — John Calabrese, The Conversation, 21 July 2026 That has raised concerns that the next era of wireless communications—headlined by 6G and Wi-Fi 8—will result in the world’s three largest economic blocs adopting three incompatible wireless spectrum models. — Stephen Cousins, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026 Polls put Vannacci's Futuro Nazionale at around 4% to nearly 5%, a potentially decisive share with Italy’s main center-right and center-left blocs closely matched. — ABC News, 14 June 2026

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Noun

Sinaloa has been engulfed for nearly two years in a bloody conflict between rival factions of the cartel that bears the state’s name.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Her research shows how the struggle to reconcile conflicting factions and form a collective challenge to oppressive beauty standards gained strength.

— Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of factions

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And both sets of allies are forming new middle-power coalitions to reduce reliance on Washington, from recent European arrangements with India to the trade agreements Japan is pursuing with Latin America.

— Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Health care affordability will be solved by building durable coalitions around ideas that work in the real world, not just in theory.

— Kody Kinsley, STAT, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of coalitions

Noun

Some fans prefer when the game has fewer twists that disrupt the natural flow of alliances and power structures.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
North Korea’s willingness to sustain such losses reflects the reach of Russia’s global alliances and Moscow’s need for extra manpower.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of alliances

Noun

As the war with Iran continues and both sides seek to control the strait, through which 25% of the world's oil trade transited before the war began in February, oil prices have reached their highest level since July.

— August 20, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
That tariff rate was later reduced to 15% when the two sides agreed on a trade deal, but uncertainty remains about the stability of that agreement and how imports of certain European goods, such as steel, will be taxed by Washington.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of sides

Noun

Local unions and guilds and indie producers have countered by looking to American web giants to dig deeper in their pockets to underwrite the cost of producing homemade content.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
The organization has formed a coalition with 70 other groups, including faith leaders, business executives, unions and other voting rights advocates.

— Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of unions

Noun

As tennis has grown and the four Grand Slams — and their respective national tennis federations — have grown more powerful with it, that favoritism has evolved into something far less wild and far more predictable.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
The national federations of Argentina, Mexico and Qatar are among those to express public support for his continued leadership.

— Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of federations

Noun

Other leagues are increasingly discussing centralizing their local media rights sales, with the possibility of bundling them together on a streaming service such as Amazon Prime Video, DAZN, ESPN, or YouTube.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Volume matters, but turning those opportunities into extra yards is what can win you leagues.

— Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

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