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grizzly

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


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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

Elliott, 29, recently bought a restored 1987 Defender in mint green for $76,000 that “drives like a grizzly, old truck.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

The huge question now is whether that changes when the Labour Party confronts the likely grizzly reality of the electorate's verdict early next month.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

Uncle Arthur had grown a grizzly beard and was wearing a plaid flannel work shirt with paint-splattered jeans.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

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

“Everybody’s used to seeing grizzlies on TV catching salmon out of the air at the top of some waterfall, but black bears are one of the laziest animals on the planet,” he explains.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2025

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 will soon change after federal officials decided last month to reintroduce grizzlies here, where there hasn’t been a confirmed sighting of the species in nearly three decades.

From Seattle Times May 6, 2024

How do you feel safe when there are grizzlies in your midst?

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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 London, Jack




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