They had loads of room and the rest of us were stacked up like sardines right to the perimeter fences.

BBC: PAUL TRICKI

Mike Vasey of Cheyenne, Wyoming says even some normal-sized people can't fly comfortably when they are packed in the cabin like sardines.

CNN: Airline policies juggle larger passengers

One of the center squares contained a newly discovered pillar with the most intricate bas-reliefs to date: rows of sinuous-necked cranes and snakes packed efficiently together, like sardines in a can.

NEWYORKER: The Sanctuary

"As airplanes get fuller, complaints get higher because people just don't like to be sardines, " Mann said.

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The risk premium in financial markets comes in as Treasury yields move up and fewer below-investment-grade debentures stop trading like yesterday's sardines.

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The small, soft, edible bones of fresh sardines and smelts and canned bone-in fish like salmon are valuable sources of calcium.

CNN: How to buy the best fish

Jet black and glistening, they bask on the rocks like mermaids, or slip easily into the freezing Atlantic to feast on sardines.

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