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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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
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
Welborn reached his hand through the bars and clucked to the little scared bruins.
From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by George S. Harney
