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bear

[bair] / bɛər /






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Streets, postage stamps and at least one former school building bear his name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Accepting the award for best new musical, Paddington writer Jessica Swale said it had been "such an honour to be trusted with a very special bear", while Fletcher said the company had become "a family".

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

"We had a brown bear. A baby brown bear in what was Pets Corner," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Johnson has been Wall Street’s biggest bear on Tesla stock for a long time.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Fin-Kedinn was taking no chances with the bear.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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