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An investigator with the San Bernardino County Coroner office responded and collected the teddy bear, officials said.—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 16 July 2025 The creepy teddy bear was reported to authorities by both a customer and employee of the gas station, a sheriff's spokesperson said.—Lindsay Good, NBC news, 14 July 2025 Push him the wrong way, and this teddy bear turns terrifying.—Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 May 2025 The foreheads of teddy bears grew significantly taller between 1900 and 1980, though the bears did not become appreciably cuter over the same period.—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for teddy bear
Word History
Etymology
Teddy, nickname of Theodore Roosevelt; from a cartoon depicting the president sparing the life of a bear cub while hunting
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