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polar bear
noun
: a large creamy-white carnivorous bear (Ursus maritimus synonym Thalarctos maritimus) that inhabits arctic regions
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The archives of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) hold countless intriguing artifacts, including souvenir soaps shaped like polar bears, an ostrich egg from the 1930s and—as employees recently discovered—more than 200 mysterious film reels.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
His pole-dancing polar bear — a legless white beast posed like a defeated stripper — disarms the familiar.
—Petala Ironcloud, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Man drops gun, flees charging polar bear in Norway
Dramatic video captures a man's escape from a polar bear in Pyramiden, a town in Norway's archipelago of Svalbard.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
For context, that's over twice as long as brown and polar bears are estimated to have been distinct species.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
His pole-dancing polar bear — a legless white beast posed like a defeated stripper — disarms the familiar.
—Petala Ironcloud, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Man drops gun, flees charging polar bear in Norway
Dramatic video captures a man's escape from a polar bear in Pyramiden, a town in Norway's archipelago of Svalbard.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
For context, that's over twice as long as brown and polar bears are estimated to have been distinct species.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Polar bear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polar%20bear. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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