menagerie
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At Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, visitors could see America’s first aquarium, a menagerie of exotic animals, performances by magicians and ventriloquists, and waxworks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 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
His team scrounged up three, including a rental from actor Giovanni Ribisi, who has developed a reputation as a cinematographer and camera whisperer with a menagerie of restored relics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
For Churchill, an avid collector of rare and exotic animals, the platypus's intrigue only made him more desperate to have one – or six – for his menagerie.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025
South America hosted an even more exotic menagerie of large mammals, reptiles and birds.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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