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cub

[kuhb] / kʌb /
NOUN
young
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The second cub died at 3 weeks after he was also removed from Ruby’s care for hand-raising “due to inadequate nursing by the cub,” the zoo said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

And never get between a parent and her cub.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

But cold-calling the president of the United States — on his personal cellphone — made me feel like a cub reporter all over again.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

A spokesperson told the BBC the cub "died of natural causes" but the remaining three are "doing exceptionally well and growing in confidence and character every day".

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

He knew that he was the naughtiest cub in the litter.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

It is her way of culling the weaklings; she will care only for the cubs that survive the fall and clamber back up to the bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Most black bear “attacks” are actually defensive actions, and generally take place if an animal is protecting cubs, startled or scared, according to the department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

A large bear and her three cubs fell into the concrete cistern in Marshall Canyon County Park near the Claremont Wilderness Park’s 5-Mile Loop Trail, where they were rescued late Saturday night, the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

“Over many, many years, they started bringing their cubs into the yard, and then they started nursing in front of us,” said Joanne Edney-Coray, who with her husband runs the popular Silver Salmon Creek Lodge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

“Sonnets, too lovey-dovey,” Alexander agreed, for he and his siblings tended to stick together, like cubs in a litter, one might say.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Later, he cubbed on a provincial paper, did his brief stint on the Times and went up to Manchester to become a reporter on the Evening News.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stauffer cubbed on the Emporia Gazette, became a reporter and copyreader on the Kansas City Star, where he worked five years.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had cubbed for his new job on the Star by pinch-hitting for ailing Wolcott Gibbs in the New Yorker last season.

From Time Magazine Archive

He set type and cubbed in the summers on nearby weeklies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upon my inquiry of Big Bill respecting his operations on the previous day, he replied that he "guessed he had been occupied in running away from the biggest grizzly bear that ever was cubbed."

From Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 by Sir Samuel White Baker

“Because we don’t have sight inside her cubbing box we can’t be sure if Victoria has had more than one cub but we can confirm the birth,” she added.

From Reuters ● Jan. 3, 2018

Last Tuesday afternoon, Maclean noticed damp patches appearing on Tian Tian’s cubbing box.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2015

On Thursday, Tian Tian dragged more logs into the cubbing box.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2015

She began to spend more time in and around her cubbing box, a basket that her keepers had placed in her den and modified this year to include a heating element.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2015

"Dad and I are never back by eight-thirty when we go cubbing, are we, Dad?" she said.

From The Top of the World by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell


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