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Bradley

American  
[brad-lee] / ˈbræd li /

noun

  1. Bill William Warren, born 1943, U.S. basketball player and politician: senator from New Jersey 1979–97.

  2. Francis Herbert, 1846–1924, English philosopher.

  3. Henry, 1845–1923, English lexicographer and philologist.

  4. Omar Nelson, 1893–1981, U.S. general: Chief of Staff 1948–49; chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1949–53.

  5. Thomas Tom, 1917–1998, U.S. politician: mayor of Los Angeles 1973–93.

  6. a town in NE Illinois.

  7. a male given name.


Bradley British  
/ ˈbrædlɪ /

noun

  1. A ( ndrew ) C ( ecil ). 1851–1935, English critic; author of Shakespearian Tragedy (1904)

  2. F ( rancis ) H ( erbert ). 1846–1924, English idealist philosopher and metaphysical thinker; author of Ethical Studies (1876), Principles of Logic (1883), and Appearance and Reality (1893)

  3. Henry . 1845–1923, English lexicographer; one of the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary

  4. James . 1693–1762, English astronomer, who discovered the aberration of light and the nutation of the earth's axis

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However, according to British tourist Bradley Cook, another passenger on board, that briefly "made it worse".

From BBC

Mr Bradley added he was frustrated at a lack of financial support for businesses.

From BBC

For Liverpool, who have seemingly turned a corner and are now unbeaten in six, the problems continue to mount though with Isak and Conor Bradley both facing a spell on the sidelines.

From BBC

"People are so selfish. They don't think of the consequences. They don't think of anybody else," his father Bobby Bradley told BBC News NI.

From BBC

“The reason Barnes & Noble has rebounded from a very difficult period in just a few years has to do with James Daunt,” said Bradley Graham, co-owner of Politics and Prose bookstores in Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal