Recent Examples on the WebPeppa can be bossy but loves her family and friends (some of whom are of the non-pig variety), and embarks on little trips with them and her teddy bear.—Amanda Gerut, Fortune Europe, 1 June 2024 Rowdy's siblings also received teddy bears and got to explore the police vehicles.—Danielle Jennings, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024 In the same way that a child, playing with a teddy bear, learns how her imagination relates to the external world, users reconcile similar incongruities by telling the stories of their lives on TikTok.—Kim Hew-Low, New York Times, 16 May 2024 Filled with cast-off IFs who spend their days participating in such activities as group therapy and water aerobics, it’s presided over by elderly teddy bear Lewis (the late Louis Gossett Jr., delivering a lovely voice performance).—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for teddy bear
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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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