Bear
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, the two lead kids get menaced by a polar bear (or at least a man in a laughably awful polar bear costume).
Source: Bears Are Bad News -
Parodied with a bear wandering around Springfield, not even getting angry once, but causing enough of a panic to lead to an extensive (and costly) bear watch program.
Source: Bears Are Bad News -
His cousins, when talking about doing something nice for him, decide that he mustn't ever know, as that would lead to a bear hug.
Source: Bear Hug
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Lead and Bear. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bear/lead
Bear & Lead. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bear/lead>.
Lead or Bear. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bear/lead.
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