kangaroo
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The neon kangaroo flickered, releasing a rhythmic, neon buzz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The chairman of Meituan, one of China’s biggest tech companies, gave Cheng a plushy kangaroo, the corporate mascot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
One of its newly added appetizers is a grilled saltbush-crusted kangaroo loin.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
But according to the New York Public Library, the kangaroo toy that inspired Roo "was lost in an apple orchard during the 1930s".
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
This was a deer mouse, a little creature with big eyes and long hind legs like a miniature kangaroo.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
Employees routinely took newborn kangaroos, wildcats and goats home overnight to provide round-the-clock feeding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
There was also a brief cameo for Eurovision superfan Will Ferrell, and a bizarre song about the differences between Austria and Australia, which mainly centred around kangaroos.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
Video showed the critter nervously perched on a shelf, seamlessly blending in with the toy kangaroos and bears.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
Taken together, the findings indicate that the hindlimbs of giant kangaroos were mechanically capable of supporting hopping.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2026
Asked to describe and classify mammals, he scribbled down an incomplete and absurd system of taxonomy—omitting categories, inventing others, lumping kangaroos with beavers, and pigs with elephants.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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