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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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“Every participating agency, director, and manager must understand this is not a ‘win-win’ situation, but rather a question of ‘What is best for the Zoo?’

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Madilynne Machovsky, a 19-year-old from Tennessee, told me she’d been working with college classmates to fight a data center planned for near the Nashville Zoo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Two elephants trudged across a makeshift football field at Mexico's Guadalajara Zoo in a whacky attempt to predict the score of the 2026 World Cup's opening game.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Today's visitors to Battersea Park Children's Zoo use the same entrance as they did in 1951, only without the bright lights and go karts.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

If Adiah was really the Shetani, it meant she couldn’t be taken back to the Night Zoo, and she certainly couldn’t be turned over to Father Olufemi.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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