like sardines
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A prominent member of the association of victims' families, Maria Karystianou, told reporters that relatives had been "packed like sardines".
From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026
At night, bedbugs nibbled at the 312 people laying like sardines on the floor of Namazi’s section of Ward 4.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Victoria's diet included cod liver oil, lard, salmon oil and oily fish like sardines, mackerel and salmon.
From BBC ● May 20, 2025
The bloom currently wreaking havoc off the coast produces a neurotoxin called domoic acid, which accumulates in small fish like sardines and anchovies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025
Then they would take the train home, packed together like sardines in the third-class car.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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