sardine
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“Better than being an old sardine tin with a few fins left in it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
She sews the tail fabric made of Arctic polar fleece of a sardine puppet.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
Built for a housing association, it was known to taxi drivers as the sardine can, and both architects and their families took flats there.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
They attributed the first period of weight loss to greater numbers of Japanese sardine, which increased competition with other species for food.
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024
He hurt his knees and elbows on broken glass, rusty sardine cans, and broken pieces of crockery and dishes.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
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