bruin
noun
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
bruins
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pluralof bruin.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
But for many scientists, the true fascination of Fat Bear Week involves what happens next, when the now beachball-shaped bruins, carrying about 40 percent body fat, lumber into their dens and start hibernating.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 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
He had hardly done so, when the heads of the bruins were thrust upward almost against his feet.
From The Life of Kit Carson Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A. by Edward Sylvester Ellis
