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menagerie

[muh-naj-uh-ree, -nazh-] / məˈnædʒ ə ri, -ˈnæʒ- /


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They include a selection of more than 90 lots from a "cement menagerie" - painted sculptures of animals, historical figures and rural scenes.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

The office belonged to head coach Sean McVay, and now it features walls painted pink and light blue and a crib, a changing table and a menagerie of stuffed animals.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

The menagerie at the Department of Health and Human Services keeps getting stranger.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 2026

The image includes a chaotic menagerie of an old hotel and a crowded street, including everything from Djo himself hanging from a window, a kissing couple and a parking ticket dispute.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 6, 2026

He’s not there, but the tension among the menagerie men is palpable.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Lamb has worked on the Rose Parade for 52 years, decorating floats with the flowers that bring the fanciful tableaux and myriad menageries to life.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 31, 2024

In the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s, both countries launched veritable menageries aboard rockets, although none both reached orbit and survived the journey before 1960’s Soviet dogs Belka and Strelka.

From Scientific American Apr. 12, 2021

At these in-game “gyms” and “Poké spots,” Pokémon Go players can pit their monsters against other players’ menageries, or collect items that bolster their creatures’ power.

From New York Times Jul. 22, 2016

Pre–20th century zoos were just menageries full of concrete and cages where people could go and gawk at weird wildlife.

From Slate Jun. 27, 2016

There were menageries where birds of brilliant plumage were cared for so tenderly that they could not miss their free homes of the forest, and there were wild animals of both hot lands and cold.

From Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade




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