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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Police also received several other calls of reports of people being struck at Braddock Drive and Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver Boulevard and Canfield Avenue, and Le Bourget Avenue and Culver Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
After agreeing to accompany Braddock, Washington continued, he lost all his “horses and many other things.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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
We would go to the Braddock Hotel bar, where we would meet some of the musicians who now would greet me like an old friend, “Hey, Red—who have we got here?”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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