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In these top-floor spaces, the two young princesses would play with teddy bears and toy horses.—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 22 Feb. 2026 Zappolo, the sportscaster, said there was a sweet teddy bear behind the game-day bluster.—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026 Zappolo said there was a sweet teddy bear behind the game-day bluster.—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026 Its name was later shortened to Teddy Award, but the statuette remains shaped like a teddy bear.—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026 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