Braddock
Americannoun
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Edward, 1695–1755, British general in America.
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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 • Feb. 16, 2026
It took Jake Braddock and his wife two years to build an emergency fund that could cover four months of expenses.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 17, 2025
But he was turned down for the part of Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate because director Mike Nichols felt he was too good-looking - which made Redford wary of being stereotyped by his appearance.
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025
Born in 1982 in the industrial town of Braddock, Pa., a short distance from Pittsburgh and the site of Andrew Carnegie’s first steel mill, she picked up a camera in her teens.
From New York Times • May 23, 2024
Max Schmeling of Germany had been the heavyweight champion of the world from 1930 to 1932, and he was set on reclaiming the title from James Braddock.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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