menagerie
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For its technical team, "Wildwood" marks a milestone in terms of the expressions created, and the menagerie of animals featured.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
The author said he moved to his new home in West Sussex because it had land for his "huge and expanding menagerie", and was quiet.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
By the time she was 8, the menagerie had become so huge that we needed to string up a net over her bed to free up some floor space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
I walk on, eventually settling on a patch of grass some distance from the Fox Brothers menagerie.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Wealthy rulers throughout history, from Carlos III of Spain to Moctezuma, the ruler of the Aztec Empire, have kept menageries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 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
Each residency has a gramophone, and some of them have small menageries, including pet bears.
From Seeds of Pine by Janey Canuck
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