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bear

[bair] / bɛər /






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But stocks are now at a valuation that has preceded other prolonged bear markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

A "very ordinary" bear was the first iteration of the company's now-booming plush charms, sharing a market with Chinese toymaker Pop Mart's wildly popular Labubus.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

No bear market or economic downturn came close to the awfulness of the Great Crash and the Depression, after all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

So it made the mama bear really show up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

And out of the dark beneath the trees surged a deeper darkness: a huge rampaging menace in bear form.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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