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The online creator purchased two bottles, one shaped like a gingerbread man and another like a teddy bear.—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025 The Hello Kitty holiday merchandise and the glass teddy bear cups sold out on release day, but they are expected to restock throughout the season.—Katie Wiseman, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Nov. 2025 Place remaining ½ cup chocolate chips randomly on teddy bear faces, avoiding mouth area.—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025 On a plywood bookshelf above the twin bed sat a dozen teddy bears of varying age and quality, some patchy and furless.—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 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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