How to Use cub in a Sentence

cub

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  • Do not try to approach bear cubs, no matter the situation.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Last summer, the staff received a young male cub from Redding whose paws had been badly burned in a fire.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021
  • The cub shuffled along through the semi-open birch forest, still no evidence of the mother in sight.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2021
  • At the time of her death, 399 was with her yearling cub, a male that officials say was not struck by the car.
    — Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The cub's whereabouts are unknown, but there's no evidence to suggest that it was injured.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024
  • A few months later, firefighters in Scotland freed a fox cub from a rusty wheel with cutting equipment.
    — Rachel Trent, CNN, 12 June 2021
  • At the zoo, these cubs join the Cat Ambassador Program and are hand-raised by keepers.
    — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The cub will be at the facility in Front Royal for several weeks and is closely watched.
    — Washington Post, 28 May 2021
  • The sow was believed to be acting defensively to protect her cub, McDaniel said in an email.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2021
  • Poets and cub scouts, romantics and scientists, people young and old around the world have looked up and been dazzled by the flecks of light speckled across the night’s inky canvas.
    — Abbey Stone, SELF, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The new cub's father, Deagan-Reid, arrived from Zoo Knoxville earlier this year.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2021
  • Xiao Qi Ji, the National Zoo's panda cub, will require an extra pass.
    — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 19 May 2021
  • Captured as a cub by a hunting party in 1951, Mohan was bred to an orange tiger and then to his daughter from that breeding.
    — Azzedine Downes, Scientific American, 22 June 2021
  • Shares of two Japanese restaurant operators jumped after a nearby zoo announced that its giant panda gave birth to not just one cub, but two.
    — Fortune, 23 June 2021
  • Residents of a Newbury Park neighborhood had an unexpected visitor in their yards overnight: a wandering black bear cub.
    — Melissa Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2021
  • The births and deaths of their cubs were front-page news.
    — ABC News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The ranger then combs through the woods for a safe place to lay the cub to rest.
    — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 21 July 2021
  • The girl was the firstborn cub, followed by the two boys.
    — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2022
  • The cub had pulled the shrew out of the sand and had been knocking it around like a ball.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The first cub born in the country, Yuan Meng, arrived in 2017.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The cub’s mom, Raji, gave birth to the little one June 27.
    — Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 9 July 2024
  • The cub played with the rodent, even tossing it into the air once.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The ranger said the female cub that was hit by the car couldn't have been more than six months old.
    — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 20 July 2021
  • The account shared that typically, bear cubs in the U.S. are born at the start of the year.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The cubs are still unnamed and are out of public view, the zoo explained.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The cub walked by a pond on the property before moving back to the porch.
    — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Zoo: Voters were tasked with choosing the name of the first tiger cub born at the Louisville Zoo in 20 years.
    — Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 14 Oct. 2024
  • In March, twin cubs were born to Satka, a rare Amur leopard at the zoo.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2023
  • While the twin cubs are in good health, the zoo said the first months of their life are crucial to their success.
    — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2024
  • The two male lion cubs, born in June, are the first African lions born at the Phoenix Zoo since 1976.
    — The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024

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