1
as in novice
a person who is just starting out in a field of activity
the kind of big story that can propel a cub reporter into the stratosphere of the newspaper world
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2
as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
assigned to teach a bunch of young cubs how to play baseball
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Well, unless your daily life involves seeing polar bear cubs wrestle on the low-sloping side of a mountain, or observing eight walruses snuggling in a pile to keep warm on drift ice.
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Jennifer Billock, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2024
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Lioness gives birth to 4 cubs.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 11 July 2024
Visitors will see this new log-flume style attraction, following Simba from cub to king, in a land themed to the pride lands.
—Natasha Chen, CNN, 11 Aug. 2024
Through a decades-long partnership, the alliance and the China Wildlife Conservation Assn., have been able to boost the survival rate of giant panda cubs from less than 10% to more than 90%, said Paul Baribault, president and chief executive of the alliance.
—Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
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Jennifer Billock, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2024
Read Next California Watch ‘majestic’ creature get released back into CA wilderness after 7-month recovery
July 09, 2024 4:35 PM
Read Next
National
Lioness gives birth to 4 cubs.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 11 July 2024
Visitors will see this new log-flume style attraction, following Simba from cub to king, in a land themed to the pride lands.
—Natasha Chen, CNN, 11 Aug. 2024
Through a decades-long partnership, the alliance and the China Wildlife Conservation Assn., have been able to boost the survival rate of giant panda cubs from less than 10% to more than 90%, said Paul Baribault, president and chief executive of the alliance.
—Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Cub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cub. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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