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This painting, of a girl carrying a teddy bear on her back, is by an artist in Malawi and incorporates both acrylic paints and African textiles.—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 20 Apr. 2025 Carrington was a straight shooter — equal parts teddy bear and firecracker.—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2025 As noted by The Independent, the court heard how the suspect carried out a test shot into a teddy bear before attacking his family members.—Becca Longmire, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025 The next day, a doctor laid him out on a blanket with a teddy bear motif, his eyes closed.—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for teddy bear
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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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