camel
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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
Mine is a shade of camel that my haberdasher insists on calling “whiskey.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Now, estimates of the wild camel population range from 300,000 to a million animals.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Among the video’s more surreal moments are depictions of Trump riding a camel through the desert, traveling through India on a motorcycle, appearing as an anime-style warrior and sharing tacos with world leaders.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
A third explosion sent every animal stampeding in every direction, except for the camel lying on my leg and Rostam, who didn’t seem to hear anything.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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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
For camels this means when heat stress sets in, their metabolism slows down to limit internal heat production leading to sharp reduction in food intake resulting in lethargy and generalised fatigue.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
More than 10,000 camels were imported into Australia from 1840, many of them released into the wild with the development of railways and then the arrival of motor vehicles in the 1920s.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
At length, as slowly as a caravan of camels crossing a desert, some thoughts came together.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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