sardine
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Heat also fuels toxic algae blooms containing domoic acid, which contaminate the anchovy and sardine populations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Better than being an old sardine tin with a few fins left in it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
"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
In a mere seven hours, from concept to construction, the character takes form — a blue sardine donning sunglasses, large lips and vibrant orange hair, a signature look of her work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
They worked on it in the late mornings and in the afternoons before the boys from the sardine fleet came in.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
He said: "When I heard the penguins loved sardines but that the park thought they couldn't get them, I thought: 'Well, I might be able to help with that.'"
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
"At least today they gave us some rice, spaghetti and sardines."
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
An illustration shows a Buster Keaton-eyed puffin with a beakful of sardines or sprats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Tinned fish works beautifully, especially tuna, mackerel or sardines.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
Yes, we were packed like sardines into too few rooms, but those rooms were in normal apartment buildings.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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