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In response, the company introduced a wind-assist kit—a pair of cables, clips and sandbags that can keep the fabric from drooping.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

The onslaught, largely from the air, has bewildered curators and aid agencies who thought they had figured out how to protect artworks and artifacts from conflicts, using everything from sandbags to padded crates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Belfast City Council has issued a reminder that sandbags are available if people think their homes are at immediate risk of flooding.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Ready-to-fill sandbags are available at all Los Angeles Fire Department stations within the city of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

There were sandbags around the shallow foxhole we had to sit in.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers