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zoo

[zoo] / zu /
NOUN
parklike area in where animals are housed for exhibition
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NOUN
crowded, wild, and chaotic place
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The incident has drawn comparisons with a 2023 escape of a zebra named Sero from a zoo in Seoul.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

A wolf that escaped from a zoo in South Korea remained at large Thursday, authorities said, prompting a local school to close over safety concerns as the search continued.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

"Daejeon Sanseong Elementary School is closed today following the escape of a wolf from a zoo yesterday," a spokesperson for the Daejeon Metropolitan Office of Education told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

On Alexander's due date we went to the zoo, because we had got him a little otter teddy.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Mrs. Fayne agreed to take the girls back to the petting zoo as long as she could take George's two-year-old brother Scott along.

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene




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