plural bruins
: bear sense 1
Bears are the most popular animals in a number of our national parks. In the Smokies, where the population of bruins runs into the hundreds, opportunities to observe these large wild animals are plentiful during the summer.—
Edward Spargo and Glenn R. Williston
Edward Spargo and Glenn R. WillistonA disturbing and all-too-common sign of a feeding bear is an overturned garbage can … its contents scattered about as the bruin searched for something edible in the trash.—Charles Fergus
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Hillman had binged several seasons of this bruin reality show already.
—Stephanie Vermillion, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Plate-sized globs of bear scat lay everywhere, and the bruins’ beds cratered the forest floor.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Garbage cans, pet food and hobby chickens are just too much temptation for bruins to resist.
—Ben Long, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2024
The footage shows skiers nonchalantly turning back and forth across a groomed trail when a bruin is seen loping across the slope on the left-hand side.
—Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 14 Dec. 2023
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Stephanie Vermillion, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Plate-sized globs of bear scat lay everywhere, and the bruins’ beds cratered the forest floor.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Garbage cans, pet food and hobby chickens are just too much temptation for bruins to resist.
—Ben Long, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2024
The footage shows skiers nonchalantly turning back and forth across a groomed trail when a bruin is seen loping across the slope on the left-hand side.
—Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 14 Dec. 2023
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“Bruin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bruin. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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bruin
noun
bru·in
ˈbrü-ən 
Etymology
from Bruin, name of a bear in literature, from early Dutch bruin "brown"
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