Bear
Bear verb - To support and take from one place to another.
Usage example: the rescue team came bearing much-needed food and supplies
Both words in one sentence
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Mama Bear: If a ship gets between a Space Dragon mother and its child, the mother will change course toward the ship and attack it.
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Note that a Q-ship is now primarily a warship, not a cargo hauler, so a ship like the Millennium Falcon would not be an example, as it is a freighter, it just happens to be armed for bear.
Source: Standard Sci-Fi Fleet - A number of Japanese ship girls have bad memories of the war and bear grudges against America for it, and this becomes a issue once the American ship girls join the fleet.
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