Soviets
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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And the Soviets proved that they could withstand everything the Axis threw at them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Five decades ago, four burglars broke into a billionaire’s safe, setting off a chain of events that exposed and foiled one of the CIA’s most ambitious operations against the Soviets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
“The Soviets would create anti-Zionism as we know it today,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Learning that the Soviets weren’t as capable as we’d thought lowered global tensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
The Soviets and Americans had been allies in the war, united by their common enemy, Adolf Hitler’s Germany.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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