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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 Los Angeles Zoo, which houses more than 1,600 animals, has become dilapidated over the years.

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

The first animals at Battersea Park Children's Zoo lived in a fun fair.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Attendance at the Night Zoo had, like many things in Lkossa over the years, steadily declined, and it showed.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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