Waddington

American

[wod-ing-tuhn] / ˈwɒd ɪŋ tən /

noun

Mount, a mountain in SW British Columbia, Canada: highest peak of the Coast Mountains. 13,104 feet (3,994 meters).

Waddington British

/ ˈwɒdɪŋtən /

noun

C ( onrad ) H ( all ). 1905–75, British embryologist and geneticist: author of Principles of Embryology (1956) and The Ethical Animal (1960)

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The Vulcan is best known for flying more than 6,000 miles from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire to bomb Port Stanley during the Falklands War in 1982.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

The Red Arrows are based at RAF Waddington, in Lincolnshire, and fly Hawk jets.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2024

Cena’s short-lived, but memorable, Oscars moment ended with him wearing a drape-like cover-up to present the Oscar to “Poor Things” designer Holly Waddington.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

The ones created by Waddington were even bigger than those in the book, “probably about a meter all the way around.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

Waddington might adopt those words with even greater justice now.

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

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