kangaroo
Example Sentences
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It didn’t help that her husband—who’d known Hoxha when the two men were students together in Paris—was found guilty by a kangaroo court of plotting to overthrow the government.
Put another way, even those who are hauled before a kangaroo court are sometimes guilty as charged.
From Washington Post
But Ms. Belgam painted a picture of the park as a vital ecosystem, home to thriving bighorn sheep; kangaroo rats, which can survive without drinking water; and pupfish, endemic to saline waterways.
From New York Times
He’s basically the size of Australia’s largest marsupial, thus the nickname: kangaroo spots.
From Washington Post
In theory, reintroducing proxy thylacines could help restore balance to Tasmania’s remaining forests by picking off sick or weak animals and controlling overabundant herbivores such as wallabies and kangaroos, some researchers say.
From Scientific American
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