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Hadfield

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[had-feeld] / ˈhædˌfild /

noun

  1. Sir Robert Abbott, 1858–1940, English metallurgist and industrialist.


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Christian Hadfield, area manager at SWFRS, said crews had been at the incident since Saturday but declared it a major incident on Monday in order to protect homes in the area.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

"Jeremy has been getting ready for this flight since he was five years old," Hadfield told Canadian singer Emm Gryner in a podcast in March.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

“Inside it's like many buses all bolted together. In half a day you might never see another person,” explains Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, commander on the Expedition 35 mission in 2012-13.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024

This year’s winners also include Deirdre Madden for fiction, Christina Sharpe and Hanif Abdurraqib for nonfiction, Christopher Chen and Sonya Kelly for drama, and M. NourbeSe Philip and Jen Hadfield for poetry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024

Octavius Hadfield was still in a state of extreme delicacy, but he resolved to dedicate whatever might remain to him of life and strength to the service of Christ among the Maoris.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by H. T. (Henry Thomas) Purchas

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