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In the next scene, the boy is no longer dressed like a prizefighter, but in street clothes with a teddy bear sticking out of his backpack, embracing his parents.—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025 Clark even brought a giant teddy bear and candies for her.—Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025 While there are some small references to Return of the Jedi, Ewoks mostly spends its time with cute forest teddy bears and plots that seem more fantasy than science-fiction.—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025 The sidewalk next to it was adorned with Mardi Gras beads, a teddy bear and an empty bottle of tequila.—Isabelle Taft, New York Times, 3 Jan. 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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