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
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
She sews the tail fabric made of Arctic polar fleece of a sardine puppet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
The old man unhooked the fish, re-baited the line with another sardine and tossed it over.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
They looked like tiny illustrations of fish pulled from the label of a particularly fancy tin of sardines, with hooks attached.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
On today’s bait menu: a tin of Wild Planet sardines, a bag of tuna flakes and a clamshell container of roasted chicken wings Navratil picked up from 7-Eleven on the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
The warming of the ocean surface is forcing anchovies and sardines -- which the mammals eat -- to seek cooler waters, either at deeper levels or farther north.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Sailors crammed into the cargo hold like sardines, in order to lower the ship’s center of gravity.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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