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black bear
noun
: the common North American bear (Ursus americanus) ranging in color from brown or typical black to white
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Government documents show that last May, Deist attempted to sell Hershey, a tiger, and a black bear named Casey to a private collector in Texas.
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Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024
Security camera footage captured a black bear with an apparent sweet tooth breaking into a Michigan chocolate shop.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024
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Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024
Security camera footage captured a black bear with an apparent sweet tooth breaking into a Michigan chocolate shop.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for black bear
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“Black bear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20bear. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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