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grizzly

[griz-lee] / ˈgrɪz li /
ADJECTIVE
grizzled
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK


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The “last grizzly killed” has several claimants: In Orange County, it was in February 1908, when a huge steel trap was laid for a bear that had been stealing honeycombs from hives.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Extinction panic had already set in among California naturalists within months of the very last grizzly being shot to death.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

And if we’re being honest, DiCaprio may have earned an Oscar for his performance in “The Revenant,” but he does not have the biceps to take on that CGI grizzly.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

In an accompanying statement, the groups argued the rule changes could immediately harm wildlife including Florida manatees, grizzly bears, salmon and steelhead fish, bird species like rufa red knots and golden-cheeked warblers, and insect pollinators.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Watching Bax flop and dive for pucks was like watching grizzly bears catch salmon leaping upstream.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

I left a message for the state senator’s office, wanting to know more about what must be a fascinating backstory to this urban legislator’s measure, but like the population of California grizzlies, I scored zero.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

A New England frontiersman and ‘49er called “Grizzly Adams” — a name we likely know from a 1970s television show — tamed and trained a couple of young grizzlies as his companions.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

But despite being featured on the state flag, wild grizzlies haven’t been spotted in the state for about a century.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

For 11 games in a row now, Scotland have been salmon leaping and Ireland have been the grizzlies waiting at falls-edge to gobble them up.

From BBC Feb. 10, 2025

That was one good thing about winter in Alaska—not worrying about grizzlies.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis

Promotional artwork for season five seems to show a grizzlier Rick than we’ve seen before and, thus, probably some payout on the cliff hanger ending.

From Time Oct. 10, 2014

The bears ground the eagles with a swipe of the paw, and it only gets grizzlier from there.

From Slate Mar. 23, 2012

They hold to a notion of the individual that the grizzliest fur trapper west of the Missouri River 170 years ago would have found extreme.

From Salon May 26, 2013

Mated with the game's irresistible sweetness, the outcome is a game-world which is truly universal in its appeal – the youngest children and grizzliest hardcore gamers alike will be held equally rapt by its charms.

From The Guardian May 27, 2010

And when my father was a young man, somewhere up north of Sacramento, in a creek called Cache Slough, the tules was full of grizzliest He used to go in an' shoot 'em.

From The Valley of the Moon by Jack London




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