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sandbagged

  • past participle
    of sandbag.
    sandbag
    noun
    a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
  • past tense form
    of sandbag.
    sandbag
    noun
    a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.

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But these soldiers, in Shaab-al-Jinn in Lahj governorate, showed us new sandbagged defences - new lines in the sand.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

While shop owners sandbagged the entrances to their stores and boarded up the doors and windows, there was little sense of impending disaster.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Scholz visited Reichertshofen, north of Munich, inspecting a sandbagged river bank and meeting regional officials including Markus Söder, Bavaria’s governor.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

"The president called to check on me. I told him I got sandbagged," McConnell joked to reporters, referencing President Joe Biden's explanation for his fall last month.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2023

The ground-floor windows had been sandbagged, and every skylight cemented over.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan