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bloc

[blok] / blɒk /


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During the Cold War, the absence of Eastern Bloc countries reflected Europe's division.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

The facility will include state-of-the-art, climate-controlled storage for the museum’s more than 250,000-object collection of paintings, sculptures, photographs, tapestries and Cold War-era ephemera from the Soviet Union, East Bloc, China and other countries.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Appeared in the March 12, 2026, print edition as 'The Brics Bloc Is a House of Cards'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The third constituency — a suburb of Montreal called Terrebonne — had been held by the separatist Bloc Québécois since 2015.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Once his identity was established, the CIA spirited Goleniewski away to a safe house and eventually to Washington, where he handed over hundreds of names of Soviet and Eastern Bloc spies to the Americans.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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