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mascot

[mas-kot, -kuht] / ˈmæs kɒt, -kət /






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Crocs on Thursday is introducing a new member of its marketing team: a smiling, 6-foot crocodile mascot named Niles.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

In 2002 the port town of Hartlepool elected as mayor the mascot of its football team, H’Angus the Monkey, who went on to serve three terms.

From Slate Aug. 12, 2026

There is one final bit of irony: Cornell’s longtime unofficial mascot is Touchdown the Big Red Bear, a tradition dating to 1915, when the football team once adopted a live black bear.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

It still has Bob’s Big Boy, the last restaurant of a once-large chain known for its chubby mascot, and Milt & Edie’s, a quirky pink-awninged 24-hour tailor and dry cleaner dating to the 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

At a track in Arizona a monkey was a popular mascot until he began turning on all the shed-row faucets and tearing the shingles off the roof.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The two sons of a police officer killed in a crash on Teesside will lead out the Manchester United team as mascots for Sunday's Premier League match against Ipswich at Old Trafford.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

Your piece highlights several reasons mascots appeal to brands.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

But Niles is just one in a new wave of nonhuman brand mascots from recent months that also includes:

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

MD, which used the Olympic rings in its campaign was fined 300,000 as was Butan, which used the Olympic mascots and the rings.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

The queen’s sister, Empress Marie of Russia, took photographs during the royal inspection, and afterward, the eager fans who mobbed the dock gave the crew teddy bears and other mascots to carry south.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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