menagerie
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The menagerie at the Department of Health and Human Services keeps getting stranger.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 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
She has created large canvases, embellished formal gloves and a gown, and—most shockingly—a decorated taxidermied goat covered in a menagerie of stitched animals, including a mischievous red-winged blackbird and a cheery possum.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
Paignton Zoo, which opened in 1923, was developed from the private menagerie of eccentric millionaire Herbert Whitley, says the zoo on its website.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 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
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