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The Swedish minnows are one of the surprise packages in Europe this season, led by little-known English manager Graham Potter and managed to advance to the knockout stages from a group containing Athletic Bilbao, Hertha Berlin and Galatasaray. — SI.com, "Arsene Wenger Criticises UEFA Ruling Which Sees Star Striker Aubameyang Cup-Tied in Europa League," 15 Feb. 2018 Compare this to the scenes witnessed in Nice in 2016, as an England team infamously lost 2-1 to the footballing minnows of Iceland at the quarter-final stage of the European Championship. — SI.com, "England United: How Gareth Southgate's Young Lions Have Brought a Country Together," 11 July 2018 The marina will not have minnows for another 2-3 weeks. — Tyler Mahoney, kansascity, "Fishing report: Looking for hot spots? Here's where the fish are biting | The Kansas City Star," 14 Mar. 2018 Still after just seven weeks, the male minnows were producing high levels of a protein that helps make eggs in female fish. — Rachael Moeller Gorman, Good Housekeeping, "Is Your Tap Water Safe?," 15 Aug. 2012 Casting floating jerk baits, suspending crankbaits, or working jig and minnow combos along shallow rocky shorelines after dark are good tactics during the walleye spawn. — Tyler Mahoney Special To The Star Tyler Mahoney,, kansascity, "Fishing report: Things have been slow because of weather | The Kansas City Star," 11 Apr. 2018 These days, commercially available minnow traps are almost all made of wire or plastic. — C.j. Chivers, Popular Mechanics, "Meet the Man Glassblowing These Gorgeous Retro Fishing Lures," 26 Apr. 2016 The bluegills are hitting tiny jigs tipped with maggots or waxworms, while the perch prefer emerald shiner minnows. — cleveland.com, "Fishing Report Jan. 19: Cleveland Harbor ice anglers hooking trout, perch," 19 Jan. 2018 Until very recently, Western Europe looked a lot like the United States, with Samsung commanding more than a third of the market, Apple in a close second spot, and minnows picking up the scraps. — Vlad Savov, The Verge, "Despite being shunned in America, Huawei is flourishing in Europe," 22 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'minnow.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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