See bloc in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "How that impacts Asia’s most stable democracy will become clearer only in the weeks ahead. Sunday’s vote was a mid-term election for the less powerful, upper house of the legislature. And the Sanseito party, while surging, is still only the fourth-largest bloc in that chamber.",
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"sense": "group of voters or politicians",
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"feminine"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"roman": "liánhé",
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"word": "聯合 /联合"
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{
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"lang": "Hebrew",
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