Brantford
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Earlier this year Zurich-based Barry Callebaut said it was spending $104 million to build a new factory in Brantford, Ontario, to produce sugar-free chocolate and other speciality products.
From Reuters • Dec. 7, 2022
Meeker played junior hockey for the Stratford Kroehlers and the Brantford Lions before serving in World War II. His legs were badly injured by a grenade in training and he missed D-Day because of that.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2020
It was a pattern of decline the retired Canadian engineer from Brantford, Ontario was all too familiar with.
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2019
Walter Gretzky, Wayne’s father, flooded the grass behind the family’s home, in Brantford, Ontario, each winter.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 14, 2018
This was the memorial to Dr. Bell, who lived in Brantford and who invented the first telephone in Brantford.
From Westward with the Prince of Wales by Newton, W. Douglas (Wilfrid Douglas)
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