sardine
Example Sentences
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"I get to avoid the rush hour and being packed in like a sardine," says the 23-year-old in Salford, Greater Manchester.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Painting the eye cups of a sardine puppet.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
The team attributed the 1980s weight decline to an increase in Japanese sardine, which likely led to greater competition for food within and between fish species.
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024
They were followed by a number of fishes that are common consumed by these penguins, including barracuda, anchovy, sardine, herring and zooplankton.
From Salon • Jan. 26, 2024
I stifle a laugh and say a silent prayer that our recipe doesn’t taste like Mom’s Pepto-Bismol sardine sauce.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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