grizzly
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For years, wildlife experts advised people attacked by black bears to fight back, while recommending that anyone confronted by a much larger grizzly lie still and play dead.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Unsurprisingly, War Secretary Warrior-Ethos-Man appeared on Fox News the next day to brag about this pitiful behavior, acting as if he’d won a wrestling match with a grizzly bear.
From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025
Within a few weeks, her collar showed she had traveled 90 miles, a grizzly commute across four freeways and into the Santa Monica Mountains above Malibu where bears had rarely been seen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
That’s mostly true, but saying these events “can” be inconsequential is like saying that a human encounter with a grizzly bear “can” be nonfatal.
From Slate • Nov. 11, 2025
There were still wolves in the woods, and grizzly bears that stood ten feet tall.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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