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Other gifts include jewelry, as well as high heels and a teddy bear to symbolize her transition from childhood into young womanhood.—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 6 July 2025 Some of the children carried their teddy bears with them.—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 4 July 2025 The Nine Strangers Brian parted ways with his teddy bear puppet Jesse, who had been popping up hear and their to voice subconscious thoughts.—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 July 2025 In some alternate timeline, everyone else on team Bear is waking up at 6 a.m. and experimenting with dishes, staring down expensive teddy bears and White Squall posters, and digging through boxes for big old knives.—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for teddy bear
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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