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sardine

[sahr-deen] / sɑrˈdin /






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If you want to wear rainbow chard, a sardine tin, or a TV dinner in your hair, Lennick has a clip for that, though the company's bestseller is a strawberry.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

“Better than being an old sardine tin with a few fins left in it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

In her shop, Smook cuts away at pieces of Arctic polar fleece, stitching, stuffing and shaping the form of a sardine puppet.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 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

The worst was what they called kapenta, a kind of tiny sardine.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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