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Braddock

American  
[brad-uhk] / ˈbræd ək /

noun

  1. Edward, 1695–1755, British general in America.

  2. a city in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh: the site of General Braddock's defeat by the French and Indians 1755.


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In La Verne: In a scene filmed at La Verne United Methodist Church, Benjamin Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman, barges into a church and interrupts a wedding, screaming, “Elaine, Elaine,” in “The Graduate.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Shannon Braddock, the departing top executive for King County, Wash., said she lost sleep over whether to sue the administration and was worried she and the county would have a target on their backs if they did.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It was intimidating to take this action,” Braddock said.

From The Wall Street Journal

It took Jake Braddock and his wife two years to build an emergency fund that could cover four months of expenses.

From MarketWatch

“It was heart-wrenching” for that money to disappear, Braddock told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch