smelt
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They argued it will devastate threatened and endangered fish, including Chinook salmon, steelhead, green sturgeon, longfin smelt and Delta smelt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Chinook salmon, steelhead trout, smelt and sturgeon have declined dramatically over the last few decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
"The common area smelt of sewage, there was water dripping through the ceiling and there were public toilets out of action for the whole voyage," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Look no further than GameStop’s $56 billion bid for eBay, which is the equivalent of a smelt swallowing a whale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Then there were stuffed birds, popinjays, and maggot- pies and kingfishers, and peacocks with all their feathers but two, and tiny birds like beetles,'and a reputed phoenix which smelt of incense and cinnamon.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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The old heads insist on classics like smelts and baccalà, but there’s enough variety that the more “acquired taste” dishes don’t define the night.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
"I don't think it would have happened from any area other than Aston with all of those foundries and factories and the smelts and the bomb sites," he adds.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
As part of a limited bar food menu, Beberman will be workshopping new dish ideas for the restaurant, including fried smelts and chicharrones over pork belly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2019
There was a recent first-person piece on the art of luring crafty little fish called smelts from the icy waters of Maine.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2017
Put a little water-cress on the plate with the smelts as well as the sauce.
From Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions by Caroline Benedict Burrell
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