Bear
Bear verb - To hold up or serve as a foundation for.
Usage example: the wooden bridge will only bear one truck at a time
Shore
Shore verb - Serve as a shore to.
Both words in one sentence
- She's saved by Bruno the bear before she drowns, but is used as a literal chew toy once he reaches the shore.
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Up on shore, there's a polar bear named Thornton who hibernates down on the beach.
Source: Comic Strip / Sherman's Lagoon -
He walks through trees and mountains chest-first, does the same to rivers (submerging on one shore and stepping out on the other) and is merely annoyed by stepping in a bear trap, he rips it off with his own teeth and continues on unharmed.
Source: The Juggernaut
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