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
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
She has created large canvases, embellished formal gloves and a gown, and—most shockingly—a decorated taxidermied goat covered in a menagerie of stitched animals, including a mischievous red-winged blackbird and a cheery possum.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
Her uncle Steve Segner owned the shop, and she grew to appreciate the cacophonous menagerie of birds and loose crickets.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025
Then she walks backward, leading them from the menagerie.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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