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She stressed that some of her opposition comes out of fear that the RV park’s residents, who she said will be “packed in like sardines,” won’t be safe themselves.

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Built for a housing association, it was known to taxi drivers as the sardine can, and both architects and their families took flats there.

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He split the place with Jac Collinsworth, his close high school friend, the two of them packed like sardines into a single room that doubled as the kitchen and dining space.

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Small fish including anchovies and sardines ingest the toxic algae, which then bioaccumulate in larger marine mammals that eat the fish.

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Tens of thousands had gathered to see Liverpool FC parade the Premier League trophy and were, as one witness put it, "packed like sardines" on Water Street.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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