Soviets
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“The Soviets would create anti-Zionism as we know it today,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
By beating the Soviets to the moon, the U.S. vindicated its “norms and standards, our values as a society.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
It was not all news: Soviets could tune in to Western rock music, hear extracts from banned literature and even, for a brief time, take part in quizzes.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Most of Finnish Karelia was grabbed by Joseph Stalin's forces in 1940 after the bloody Winter War, when Finland put up stiff resistance to the Soviets despite overwhelming odds.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
He felt he’d complied with the wishes of the Soviets by making the apology to Spassky, writing it by hand and personally delivering it, and he’d just agreed to go along with Spassky’s postponement.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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