sardine
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He said: "This is a brilliant example of a local catch staying local, reducing the need to transport fish long distances and showcasing the quality of the Cornish sardine."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
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
Painting the eye cups of a sardine puppet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
The tiny dead fish inside the sardine cans seemed to be lying helpless, waiting for something, just as we were.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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
She recently marked her birthday with a meal of her favourite food of Cornish sardines.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
To the Chumash, “a school of sardines would have looked like an enormous, dark shadow passing beneath the water.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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
We fought our way into the shelter, which wasn’t much more than a box of strangers packed in like sardines.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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