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After sending an unmanned ground vehicle into the tunnel, Khartiia soldiers saw that Russian troops had created sandbag barricades dotted with machine guns at points throughout the structure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Do I have a sandbag to rest my head on while all this melee is happening around me?'

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

To guard in the event of a spill, authorities set up sandbag barriers to block the chemical from storm drains that lead to the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

Ultimately, Bertrand removes a 50-pound sandbag from the counterweight bin, tightens the sling, and realigns the wooden trough.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

When he reached the sandbag, Jorgenson stopped and turned and shouted out my name, then he placed his rifle muzzle up against the white sandbag.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Doctors described how sandbags were set up to protect the building.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Some houses in the neighborhood already had piles of sandbags sitting on their front porches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Richardson urged people to take seriously warnings to prepare, including picking up city-provided sandbags, saying "our infrastructure was not built for this."

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

People could help prepare for floods by moving "the good stuff upstairs" and making sure they had sandbags to hand ahead of bad weather, he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Working methodically—and filming everything with movie cameras—the Soviets and East Germans finally reached the halfway point of the tunnel, where Harvey had set up a barrier of barbed wire and sandbags.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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 hallmarks of a wartime capital, though, were unmistakable: sandbagged statuary, rusted “hedgehog” tank traps, checkpoints on roads leading to the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2023

“We’ll have to inform everybody simultaneously, as soon as possible. I want to start with Fred Murphy at the C.D.C. I don’t want him to be sandbagged by this.”

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Starting any new car company in America, let alone an electric one, requires uncanny maneuvering and persistence against every kind of bureaucratic, regulatory and political sandbagging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Institute experts also looked at the possibility of models "sandbagging" - or strategically hiding their true capabilities from testers.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025

“I completely sympathize and understand what they’re trying to do, but perhaps they should focus on protecting, sandbagging around their property.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2023

Crews spent Tuesday night sandbagging around the station.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2021

The sandbagging on the ground-floor windows was reinforced, and civilian contractors were on the roofs checking the firmness of the chimney stacks and the concreted skylights.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan