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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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Not long after the home invasion, Walters took a girlfriend on a date to the zoo and an NBA game in Oklahoma City.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

The youngsters, estimated to be about one-and-a-half years old, appeared to be healthy and were being cared for at a zoo after their rescue, the ministry said in a statement.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

"First, a zoo of hadrons was discovered. Now, we're facing a zoo of so-called exotic states."

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

Last year, zoo officials took in a trio of 3-month-old cubs, Fern, Thistle, and Spruce, after their mom was struck and killed by a car.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

"I take the key home at night and hang it on a hook in the kitchen. Every morning I get the key off the hook to open the petting zoo for the day."

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene

He has also been fascinated by reptiles for most of his life and has long supported zoos, museums, and natural history.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

Leigh had previously approached about 30 zoos and museums for help with the project before the Museum of Chelmsford said they would lend a hand.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

The sanctuary’s mission is to conserve and protect the world’s wild cat populations and, sometimes, in partnership with zoos and other humane wildlife facilities, it breeds certain species.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Members can now exchange their credits for tickets to Legoland, SeaWorld, Kennedy Space Center, some zoos and other attractions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The princes’ efforts to breed cheetahs in captivity failed, and not until 1960 did even biologists in modern zoos achieve their first successful cheetah birth.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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