Hoffa

[hof-uh]

noun

1. James Riddle Jimmy, 1913–75?, U.S. labor leader: president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1957–71; disappeared 1975.

Example Sentences

But declassified documents show the president’s aides sought to use Hoffa to gain labor support for Nixon’s 1972 reelection campaign.

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The character performers pushed back and the fight went up to James Hoffa, then-head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, who intervened.

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“It’s that type of blanket racial and gender preference that the Constitution prohibits,” said Pacific Legal attorney David Hoffa.

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O’Brien announced a union presidential campaign in 2021 against Hoffa, who soon bowed out.

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Dig it: Jimmy Hoffa assigns the fixer to get dirt on Monroe and the Kennedys, who are squeezing the Teamster head’s organized crime scene.

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