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sardine

[sahr-deen] / sɑrˈdin /






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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

“Better than being an old sardine tin with a few fins left in it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

"I get to avoid the rush hour and being packed in like a sardine," says the 23-year-old in Salford, Greater Manchester.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

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

He gave him another sardine and felt the small tongue flick against his fingers.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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

As Mr. Ogilvy writes, “now the abalone live in hatcheries, the sardines in tanks, the tuna in the fish holds of charter boats and gourmet custom cans.”

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

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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