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
He said he fired eight shots at the bruin with his pistol, but missed.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
The confrontation with the large bruin happened in the rural community of Luther at the base of the rugged Beartooth Mountains, where Thomas Bolkcom and fiance Seeley Oblander live with their two dogs.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
After completing the second circle Mart was to drop below the jam where we were quite sure bruin was napping and work his way through the fallen timber.
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
State officials have had to capture “conflict” bruins and relocate them deep in the woods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
The golden bruins emblazon the state flag and seal, live on in cartoonish effigy as university mascots, and roll off the tip of our tongue in place names like Grizzly Flats and Big Bear Lake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 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
The planned project, known as Pebble Mine, would threaten the survival of the salmon that sustain the park's bruins, they say.
From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2021
And though Phoebe had herself well in hand, her mind would wander occasionally from the history of the bruins to which Mistake patiently recalled her by a clamor for, "More, Phoebe, more."
From Andrew the Glad by Maria Thompson Daviess
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