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• More than two dozen women were packed like sardines into a small holding cell.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
• By afternoon, boats are packed into its bay like sardines.
  — Kristina Kasparian, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
• One smoked, one shellfish, and one of the little fishes like sardines or mackarel is a good way to start.
  — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• And then we would be thrown in the paddy wagons, and sometimes we were stacked in there like sardines in a can.
  — Jeremy Gray | , al, 5 Apr. 2023
• Word began to spread about this local league held in a small middle school with fans packed in the gym like sardines.
  — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
• Fans packed into the standing sections behind the goal like sardines.
  — Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
• The fans, packed like sardines, lived on every pass, dribble, shot and defensive stop.
  — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 17 May 2025
• Even more were stacked like sardines in filing cabinet drawers.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• Most of the tents had minimal airflow, and people were packed into them like sardines.
  — Edwidge Danticat, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
• Chicken has more protein, and seafood like sardines, salmon and oysters are far more nutrient rich.
  — Erik Vance, New York Times, 28 May 2024
• But some airlines, like Alaska, don’t treat their passengers like sardines and give us more room.
  — Jason Ogaard, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
• The mob grabbed a ladder and shoved it through the tunnel, where still images from bodycam footage show police packed in like sardines.
  — Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2024
• Fatty fish like sardines, trout, salmon, and mackerel contain high levels.
  — Verywell Health, 16 July 2026
• Then came the Dance Marathon, the high adrenaline dance off where the couples are packed on the floor like sardines to dance their hearts out.
  — Calie Schepp, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2022
• Zerner recommends eating a 3-ounce serving of fatty fish, like sardines, twice a week.
  — Erica Sweeney, EverydayHealth.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• Mercury levels tend to be higher in larger, older fish, like tuna, and lower in smaller fish species, like sardines.
  — Jillian Kubala, Health, 14 Oct. 2025
• Something straightforward like sardines in olive oil, or silvery needlefish for a close variation, sets a benchmark.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
• As waters warm, baitfish like sardines and anchovies often move deeper or farther north in search of cooler temperatures.
  — Denis Akbari, USA Today, 24 July 2026
• Just give passengers a little more personal space by moving the seats farther apart instead of packing travelers in like sardines.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024
• Cages crammed with hundreds of men who must sleep on their sides like sardines, as their cellmates wearily stand to make room, and shallow holes scraped from the earth with log and dirt ceilings so low that inmates cannot stand up.
  — Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
• Packed tight like sardines on round leather banquettes the fashion industry's heavy hitters made small talk with neighbors or tapped urgently on their phones; little islands of impatience.
  — Chloe Malle, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2024
• The bloom currently wreaking havoc off the coast produces a neurotoxin called domoic acid, which accumulates in small fish like sardines and anchovies.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
• Anchovies go through boom and bust cycles, just like sardines, that are often driven by natural fluctuations in water temperature.
  — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 July 2022
• Fish consumed include those rich in anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids, like sardines, salmon, and mackerel.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 15 Feb. 2022
• Sold fresh at seafood markets or packed in oil in adorably graphic tins, forage fish like sardines and anchovies (which feed on even tinier marine life such as plankton) are pantry powerhouses with multi-faceted appeal.
  — Emily Saladino, Bon Appétit, 6 Sep. 2024
• Every weekend during the summer, New Yorkers travel to the Rockaways by subway or ferry to lie like sardines along the vast shoreline.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 24 Aug. 2022
• There’s an element of freedom despite being squished together like sardines, a closeness purposely manufactured.
  — Ellen O'Brien, Outside Online, 21 Sep. 2022
• After all, most experiences aren’t exactly improved upon when you’re packed like sardines—especially during a pandemic.
  — Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Jan. 2022
• Eyewitness reports described a scene where attendees were packed into the crowd like sardines and described intense pressure on their chest during Scott’s performance, while others were trampled in the chaos.
  — Vulture, 29 June 2023
• The Generac Power Stage on July 5 was packed like sardines, spilling into every possible walkway.
  — jsonline.com, 5 July 2025