cub
Example Sentences
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Biologists observed a change in the mother’s movements, which signaled her cub may have been abandoned.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Researchers tracking wild polar bears in northern Canada witnessed something exceedingly rare this fall: a mother bear adopting a cub that was not biologically her own.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025
At the time, she had one cub, which scientists tagged for study.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025
On Christmas Day in 2017, he saw a small bear cub run across his yard.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
The cub yipped with delight and gulped down the sick.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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