grizzly
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Old friend Kirk Cousins will warm the Raiders offense long enough for No. 1 pick Fernando Mendoza to grow a grizzly Kenny Stabler-style beard or for part-owner Brady to un-retire, whatever comes first.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
He’s the California grizzly bear, and you see him pretty much everywhere, except alive and thriving in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
And if we’re being honest, DiCaprio may have earned an Oscar for his performance in “The Revenant,” but he does not have the biceps to take on that CGI grizzly.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
In an accompanying statement, the groups argued the rule changes could immediately harm wildlife including Florida manatees, grizzly bears, salmon and steelhead fish, bird species like rufa red knots and golden-cheeked warblers, and insect pollinators.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Well, it’s no irritable grizzly . . . ,” I murmured, ignoring him when he glowered.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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He stayed calm and still, quickly scanning his surroundings for other grizzlies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Historians estimate that before the arrival of large numbers of European settlers, roughly 50,000 grizzlies ranged across the American West.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Peter Tira, a spokesperson for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the state lacks the resources and wouldn’t be able to prioritize reintroducing grizzlies, given all its existing responsibilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
McLellan was involved in efforts to restore grizzlies in the North Cascades in Washington state and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area in Montana and Idaho.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
That was one good thing about winter in Alaska—not worrying about grizzlies.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
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Promotional artwork for season five seems to show a grizzlier Rick than we’ve seen before and, thus, probably some payout on the cliff hanger ending.
From Time ● Oct. 10, 2014
The bears ground the eagles with a swipe of the paw, and it only gets grizzlier from there.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2012
They hold to a notion of the individual that the grizzliest fur trapper west of the Missouri River 170 years ago would have found extreme.
From Salon ● May 26, 2013
Mated with the game's irresistible sweetness, the outcome is a game-world which is truly universal in its appeal – the youngest children and grizzliest hardcore gamers alike will be held equally rapt by its charms.
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2010
And when my father was a young man, somewhere up north of Sacramento, in a creek called Cache Slough, the tules was full of grizzliest He used to go in an' shoot 'em.
From The Valley of the Moon by Jack London
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