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

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

For Churchill, an avid collector of rare and exotic animals, the platypus's intrigue only made him more desperate to have one – or six – for his menagerie.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

Of how he recognized her powerful way with horses the very moment she entered his menagerie tent three years before—sensed it from the horses themselves.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen