bloc
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- noun
- /blɑk/
- During the Cold War, the Eastern bloc included countries that were aligned with the Soviet Union.
- trading bloc
- voting bloc
- regional bloc
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Watch on YouTubeSo you have the Western bloc that is substantially stronger than the Eastern Bloc.
- So you have the Western bloc that is substantially stronger than the Eastern Bloc.
- We saw the democratization of all of the former Soviet Union bloc countries in Eastern Europe.
- She recognized Black women were the core and the most loyal and important voting bloc of the Democratic Party.
- It actually just strengthens the United States and Ukraine and Europe, and it weakens the developing bloc on the other side of the world.
- And Eastern Bloc kids tend to be able to handle both things because they're not fancy.
- Like I say, you had the, the tribes, then the nations, then the European Union and these trading blocs, etcetera.
- People group into large political blocs or tribes depending on the view that they have of that one big issue.
- So it was very, very closely related when Berlin Wall happened, although Albania was not part of the Soviet bloc.
- The American people and the voting blocs in both parties are increasingly in favor of a more restrained foreign policy.
- many of the Eastern Bloc countries have to side with the Iranian
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There's a trade bloc that Russia and China are part of.
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It was clear that the decisive conflict between the blocs was fast approaching as the opposing forces began making their preparations.
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And the history of that is very, very interesting in the whole Soviet bloc is a is a complex of issues.
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So you have the Western bloc that is substantially stronger than the Eastern Bloc.
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There are over 300 million people in what was once the Soviet bloc.
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For decades, millions of people all over the Soviet bloc wasted large parts of their lives in this awful way.
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We saw the democratization of all of the former Soviet Union bloc countries in Eastern Europe.
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If the communist bloc does attack, our radar sites and observers will sound the alert.
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Juliana was just telling us what it was like to grow up in the Communist Bloc.
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Prince Sihanouk wanted to stay neutral between the two blocs during the Cold War.
Synonyms
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A formal agreement between countries or groups to work together
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A group of people or organizations that join together to work for the same goal
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A group of people or organizations that join to reach a common goal
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A group of countries that join together for military or political reasons
A group of parties that act together in parliament
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- Archaic
A group of countries whose money was tied to the British pound in the past
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Etymology
Bloc comes from the French word bloc, which means 'block' and is like the English word block. Think of a group of countries or parties forming a solid 'block' together, and that's why a bloc is a united group working for the same purpose.