sardine
Example Sentences
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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
Built for a housing association, it was known to taxi drivers as the sardine can, and both architects and their families took flats there.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
The team attributed the 1980s weight decline to an increase in Japanese sardine, which likely led to greater competition for food within and between fish species.
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024
They were followed by a number of fishes that are common consumed by these penguins, including barracuda, anchovy, sardine, herring and zooplankton.
From Salon • Jan. 26, 2024
Probably the busiest time the girls of the Bear Flag ever had was the March of the big sardine catch.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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