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File photo: a young girl is unwell lying in bed with a teddy bear.—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025 On the front end is a plate of brioche rolls served with a pad of charred leek butter cast in the mold of a teddy bear.—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 23 July 2025 After calling the production office numerous times, asking to speak to Schaeffer, per the Los Angeles Times, Bardo arrived on the studio lot carrying flowers and a teddy bear.—Alex Gurley, People.com, 18 July 2025 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 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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