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[sand-bag] / ˈsændˌbæg /












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The study, by carbon trading thinktank Sandbag, found that a huge oversupply of carbon pollution permits means many are being banked to enable emissions after 2020, when efforts to tackle global warming should be intensifying.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2013

Sandbag argues many permits must be removed entirely.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2013

Since March 1, volunteers have been bused in to Fargo's "Sandbag Central," an arena-size utility building normally used to house a fleet of 25 garbage trucks, said Terry Ludlum, the city's solid waste utility manager.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2010

Sandbag Castle is a rocky knob on Korea's eastern front held by the U.S. 25th Infantry Division.

From Time Magazine Archive

This Sandbag Battery, which for the moment the Royal Picts still held, was the object of ceaseless contention that day.

From The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Griffiths, Arthur




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