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Paddington

American  
[pad-ing-tuhn] / ˈpæd ɪŋ tən /

noun

  1. a former residential borough of Greater London, England, now part of Westminster.


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Wynne believes the AI-generated voice in a Royal Mail ad was modeled on her father, who narrated BBC programs and Paddington audiobooks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Soon after the plane diagram was couriered to Paddington Green, all Bayoumi's videos, including the footage of the paintballing, were taken from Birmingham to New Scotland Yard for copying.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

By 24 September, the custody suite a mile or so away at Paddington Green had access to the video cassettes.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

A statement said all lines were blocked between London Paddington station and Heathrow's terminals, as well as Reading, due to "a failure of the electricity supply caused by a fire next to the track".

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Up another escalator, out into Paddington station; Harry only realized where they were when Hagrid tapped him on the shoulder.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

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