menagerie

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

At Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, visitors could see America’s first aquarium, a menagerie of exotic animals, performances by magicians and ventriloquists, and waxworks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

On songs like “Slushy” and “Predictable Girl,” she intertwines a menagerie of robotic, spacey sirens with tinges of Jersey club beats and ’90s-influenced R&B chords.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

Paignton Zoo, which opened in 1923, was developed from the private menagerie of eccentric millionaire Herbert Whitley, says the zoo on its website.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

Then she walks backward, leading them from the menagerie.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen