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Hailey posted the same photo to her Instagram Stories soon afterwards with the child's name and a teddy bear and blue heart emoji.—Kayla Grant, People.com, 13 June 2025 The picture plays at Stitch’s pace, every scene an exercise in chaos — which counterintuitively undoes this destroy-everything-in-sight teddy bear’s singularity.—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 May 2025 Fans could also pose for photos in front of a giant teddy bear with the musician’s name etched on its foot.—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2025 Instead, the 80 giant hedges here take the shape of giraffes, lions, elephants, and teddy bears.—Blair West, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 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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