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Brindley

British  
/ ˈbrɪndlɪ /

noun

  1. James . 1716–72, British canal builder, who constructed (1759–61) the Bridgewater Canal, the first in England

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She launched her career as a crime reporter at the Day in New London, Conn., where her work uncovering a predatory lending scheme earned her the Thomas K. Brindley Award for Public Service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Pastor Stephen Brindley said the project was "giving people back dignity"

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

On 4 September, Ms Brindley wrote to the regulator again, expressing "grave concerns about the lack of seriousness by which the GMC appears to be treating this matter".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025

"Within an hour, officers with guns came into his hospital room and removed him," Brindley told the court.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2025

We have taken the facts in this account of Brindley, from a delightful popular edition of that part of Mr. Smiles's Lives of the Engineers which tells of him and of the earlier water engineers.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur

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