cub
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But cold-calling the president of the United States — on his personal cellphone — made me feel like a cub reporter all over again.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
The tigers include 190kg Kiara, 20-year-old Aschanti, and two-year-old cub Imana.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Nicknamed Rio, the cub was the only panda born in a zoo outside China in the past three years, Aswin said.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
But the Southern California cub experienced a positive turn of fate when state wildlife officials rescued him last week and transported him to the Los Angeles Zoo for emergency treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Suddenly, the cub sprang up with a tense grunt.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Howletts Wild Animal Park, near Canterbury, said the cubs, born in April, were the first of the extremely rare breed to be welcomed at the site.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
“I think maybe it’s a mother with cubs, but it’s hard to tell from this far,” Benitez said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Howletts said there were fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers remaining in the wild, which meant the cubs provided a "hugely significant boost" for the future of the species.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
Monrovia resident Brian Gordon said Tuesday he was thankful to hear that Blondie’s two orphaned cubs are doing well and hopeful they can gain the important life lessons necessary for their release into the wild.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
The cubs dangled their tongues and let the scent of warm edible flesh enter their noses.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
He had cubbed for his new job on the Star by pinch-hitting for ailing Wolcott Gibbs in the New Yorker last season.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later, he cubbed on a provincial paper, did his brief stint on the Times and went up to Manchester to become a reporter on the Evening News.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stauffer cubbed on the Emporia Gazette, became a reporter and copyreader on the Kansas City Star, where he worked five years.
From Time Magazine Archive
He set type and cubbed in the summers on nearby weeklies.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was sired among the surges; I was cubbed beside the foam; All my heart is in its verges, And the sea wind is my home.
From Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea by Carman, Bliss
“Because we don’t have sight inside her cubbing box we can’t be sure if Victoria has had more than one cub but we can confirm the birth,” she added.
From Reuters ● Jan. 3, 2018
She began to spend more time in and around her cubbing box, a basket that her keepers had placed in her den and modified this year to include a heating element.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2015
On Thursday, Tian Tian dragged more logs into the cubbing box.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2015
Last Tuesday afternoon, Maclean noticed damp patches appearing on Tian Tian’s cubbing box.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2015
He's cubbing at Drumvoortneen, and he has to start early.
From In Mr. Knox's Country by Ross, Martin
