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camel

[kam-uhl] / ˈkæm əl /




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Construction of L.A.’s Metro D Line extension in 2017 led to the discovery of camel and possible mammoth fossils.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

“Just look at her on that camel, she was having a blast and still appreciating good food.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

"I can see my camels suffering from extreme heat," Ali Umer, a camel herder from Semera in Afar, told the BBC.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Trainer Kyrraley Woodhouse, who started camel racing professionally in 2013, said most of his camels had been taken from the wild to run in the Marree event, which drew more than a dozen competitors.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

“Hey, Alter, I think I see a camel with your name on it.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

He has used giraffes, hippos, rhinos, camels and zebras, and now has both bisons and elephants at the Great Moscow Circus, which opened during the Soviet era.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

She rode camels in Egypt, cruised the Nile River and hugged the pillars at Stonehenge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Obviously, clambering up and down the dangerously steep pass, ferrying goods on horseback or by mule or — for a few wacky, experimental months in the mid-1850s, Army camels — wasn’t workable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

"I can see my camels suffering from extreme heat," Ali Umer, a camel herder from Semera in Afar, told the BBC.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Some animals and plants, such as camels and cashew nuts, were domesticated even later, but by 3500 BC the main wave of domestication was over.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari


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