menagerie
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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
Callender’s shop employs more than 80 people and, in the span of just a few years, has added a half-dozen welding robots alongside a menagerie of other automation systems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 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
Marooned on “a breathtaking piece of land” at the peninsula’s far western edge, steps from the deadly surf at Ocean Beach, the timeworn seaside menagerie had endured weeks of gray gloom.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025
The animals in the menagerie are no less happy to see us—the chimps scream and swing from the bars of their dens, flashing toothy grins.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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