Bear
Bear verb - To have as a requirement.
Usage example: the violence in that country bears watching if the world wants to avoid a serious international conflict
Want
Want verb - To have as a requirement.
Usage example: that stray cat wants food and a clean place to sleep
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Both words in one sentence
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Turns out only pristine bear asses will do, even when the woodsman just wants twenty bears dead and doesn't actually want to make anything out of the bear asses.
Source: 20 Bear Asses -
Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Morgane still has a (much-abused) teddy bear given to her as a child, but she wouldn't want to be seen following this trope.
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Kenai is still new to being a bear, and not fully grown, and since he was originally human, doesn't really want to hurt Atka.
Source: Disney / Brother Bear
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