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Hoffa

American  
[hof-uh] / ˈhɒf ə /

noun

  1. James Riddle Jimmy, 1913–75?, U.S. labor leader: president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1957–71; disappeared 1975.


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Indeed, as the authors point out, Mr. De Niro’s co-star Al Pacino was 77 while portraying a 47-year old Jimmy Hoffa in the film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Canadian Natural Resources should be more famous than the Kardashians, except Wall Street maintains a silence so deafening you’d think someone discovered Jimmy Hoffa in the executive suite.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

O’Brien, a Boston-area native who grew up in a Teamsters family, worked with then-president Hoffa as the chief negotiator in the Teamsters’ 2017 contract talks with UPS, but Hoffa abruptly fired him.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023

She’s referring to General President Sean O’Brien, a former UPS employee who won his Teamsters post in 2021 by defeating a candidate handpicked by former President James P. Hoffa.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023

Treatment.—We are indebted to Paci, Schede, Calot, Lorenz, and Hoffa for the rational treatment which seeks to reduce the dislocation by manipulation.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander