Recent Examples on the WebFirefighters then delivered three teddy bears to Brown’s children, and Youngkin got on one knee to give the family a Virginia flag framed in a wooden box.—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024 An array of flowers and teddy bears lay at the feet of the memorial.—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024 The ‘teddy bear’ effect Black men, who make up most of this year’s Black CEOs, face an unusual challenge with a peculiar name: the Teddy Bear effect.—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024 Jean Paul Gaultier’s first designs were made on an inanimate teddy bear.—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2024 Shortly after the holiday, The Pursuit of Porsha author shared a handful of photos and clips of herself posing in a lime green bikini posing next to her lavish gifts, including a bouquet of red roses, a giant teddy bear and balloons.—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024 Weird candles are a staple on every home decor list, but this teddy bear candle may take the cake for the cutest candle yet.—Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2024 Some say the species looks like teddy bears, the zoo said.—Makiya Seminera, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 Candy gets eaten, flowers wilt, and teddy bears get tossed aside.—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 7 Feb. 2024
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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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