noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
pack
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On the other side of the building turtles are packed like sardines into more tanks.
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You should see them this afternoon, packed inside like sardine can.
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Everyone was packed in like sardines and she was quite unable to move.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Breakfast on the Franklin, dinner out of a sardine can, supper at the Claiendon.
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Dinner was sardines and stew, made palatable by two lots of vodka.
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Iced sardines are trodden underfoot to soften them up.
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Squeezed like despondent sardines, they looked as if they were huddling for warmth.
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Tuna, salmon, and sardines are the most frequently purchased kinds of canned fish.
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With bigger fish in serious decline, mackerel, sardines and anchovies are now the main targets.