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Recent Examples of aquariumsAccredited aquariums, such as the Seattle Aquarium, breed the sharks in captivity, according to the aquarium’s website.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
Use bulb cages or buried layers of hardware cloth to repel rodents, and try adding tree guards and fencing to fend off larger animals.
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Abby Monteil,
The Spruce,
28 Oct. 2026
In 2018, reporters visited the Ursula detention center in South Texas, an old warehouse housing hundreds of children in a series of cages bound by metal fencing.
Below the large windows draped in both fake and live ivy vines sits a chalkboard with a basket of pens and pieces of paper.
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Heather L. Whitley,
Southern Living,
3 Nov. 2026
Autumn in New England, through Gerwig’s lens, is a land of books, ink pens, books, costumes, books, fireplaces, books, feasts, books, and ever-turning leaves.
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Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Nov. 2026
After several miles and several hours, the herd is contained, and visitors can gather at the corrals outside the Custer State Park Bison Center to watch crews work.
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Mary Beaumont,
Midwest Living,
25 Aug. 2026
Horse corrals remain in place from the princess’s time there, and an infinity-view deck takes in sunsets over the surrounding mountains.
Nearly 2 pounds of the meteorite was discovered in the Sahara in Mali in 2022, and most is now held by a museum in Maine.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Nov. 2026
Though ranchers are able to partly compensate by raising cattle that weigh hundreds of pounds more than their 1950s counterparts, rising production costs hit every stage of the beef supply chain.