How to Use bloc in a Sentence

bloc

noun

• The bloc is already home to one of the world's most-active emissions-trading markets.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2022
• At the same time, the Trump campaign’s laser-focus on young men is an investment in a voting bloc that doesn't have a great track record of showing up.
  — Charlotte Alter, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
• Trump acknowledged the voting bloc’s importance during his visit to Arizona.
  — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2024
• What was intended to be a joke about Puerto Rico spawned widespread anger among Latinos, a critical voting bloc.
  — Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
• The scare of exorbitant prices came in the heat of summer when a massive August spike stunned consumers and politicians, forcing the bloc to look for a cap to contain volatile prices that are fueling inflation.
  — Samuel Petrequin, ajc, 19 Dec. 2022
• Brussels meanwhile wants Switzerland to pitch in more to its Cohesion Fund, aimed to reduce economic and social disparities in the bloc.
  — Kali Hays, Fortune Europe, 16 Oct. 2024
• Farmers have been protesting throughout the bloc for weeks.
  — Raf Casert, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
• 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
• The result reduced the leaders of the bloc’s biggest nations, Germany and France, to lame ducks.
  — Max Hastings, Twin Cities, 12 June 2024
• Abarca is part of a four-member bloc that supports putting the tax to a vote in April before all the key issues are addressed.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• The Knesset has a total of a hundred and twenty seats; Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc holds sixty-four of them.
  — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 30 July 2023
• Though the process stalled, Turkey has remained a key economic and defense partner for the bloc.
  — Inci Ozbek, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2023
• The idea of Latinos moving as a monolith or like a cohesive voting bloc is a myth.
  — Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• Norway now supplies 30% of the bloc’s gas; Gazprom provided about 35% of all Europe’s gas before the war.
  — Priscila Azevedo Rocha, Fortune Europe, 13 May 2024
• Inflation in Hungary is among the highest in the EU at over 25%, well more than double the bloc’s average of just over 10%.
  — Justin Spike, ajc, 18 Feb. 2023
• The bloc’s return to modest growth coincides with a first-quarter pickup in China and a slowdown in the U.S.
  — Paul Hannon, wsj.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• The exact measures in the next EU sanctions package must be agreed upon by the bloc’s 27 member countries — a process that can take weeks.
  — Susie Blann, ajc, 3 Feb. 2023
• The exact measures in the next EU sanctions package must be agreed upon by the bloc's 27 member countries -- a process that can take weeks.
  — Arkansas Online, 4 Feb. 2023
• Young people are poised to become the largest bloc of voters in America by 2025, Fisher said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2023
• Yaroslavsky has been part of a five-member bloc that routinely votes against new 41.18 locations.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
• That demographic is a crucial bloc that Harris will likely need to win big to carry the state.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
• Christie campaigned heavily to win the votes of some of New Hampshire's undeclared voters, a key bloc in the state that makes up nearly 40% of the electorate.
  — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2024
• The two rulings deal a blow to the dominance of the tech giants in Europe but mark a key victory for the bloc’s regulators.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 10 Sep. 2024
• One bloc of countries that has yet to add its voice is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
  — Marites Dañguilan Vitug, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
• Some of the major swing states themselves, especially India and Brazil, are seeking to lead this bloc.
  — Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2023
• On the Republican side, the votes for Haley are a sign that there is still a bloc of Republican voters who are not ready to vote for Trump.
  — Mansee Khurana, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
• Five years ago, climate change was a top concern in the bloc without equivocation.
  — Justin Worland, TIME, 13 May 2024
• The movie landed seven notable noms with the British voting bloc, including among the top five movies recognized for best film.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
• But as the bloc tries to enforce its rules on the unruly owner of X, critics say Brussels is becoming more like Elon Musk, rather than the other way around.
  — Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
• The close nature of the race opens an opportunity for any voting bloc to tip the scales in one direction or another.
  — Mike Lillis, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024