bruin
Americannoun
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bruins
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of bruin
1475–85; < Middle Dutch bruyn, bruun literally, the brown one, name of the bear in the fable of Reynard the Fox
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What galled her most: the bruin stole her favorite biscotti.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Animal control officers from Pasadena Humane confirmed that a bear was living under an Altadena house Sunday but could not be sure if the latest bear squatter was the same bruin from the earlier incident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
Owen Beierman, 12, took aim at the bruin as it pinned down his dad while they were on a legal hunting trip.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
Large traps made out of culverts were set around the area in hopes of capturing the bruin.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
This I attribute to the fact that much of the country in other localities has been cleared up and thus deprived bruin of his natural haunts.
From Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. by Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock
Humans have moved deeper into wildlands where bears live, while the bruins have similarly expanded into areas where they once were absent or scarce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2026
State officials have had to capture “conflict” bruins and relocate them deep in the woods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Bryant says only one-half to three-quarters of the Tahoe area’s bruins are hibernating right now, which means visitors still must take precautions.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2022
Unbeknownst to the enormous bruins, some of them are also competing in Katmai National Park and Preserve's Fat Bear Week, Alaska's annual celebration of gluttony and nature's abundance.
From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2021
Cut from wood, they are offered for sale as souvenirs; stuffed, they are exhibited at the zoölogical gardens; and, to crown all, government supports in luxury a whole family of bruins.
From An American Girl Abroad by Adeline Trafton
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