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Hyrox sees participants alternate between running a kilometre and doing fitness exercises, including a sled push, burpee jumps, indoor rowing, and lunges while carrying a sandbag.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

Quietly, almost with dignity, he stood up and took aim and fired once more at the sandbag.

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

The city had sent out volunteers to knock on people’s doors, asking them to build seawalls using anything they had, including sandbags provided by the city, or wood, Vukojevic said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Despite the uncertainty, Sharp said one thing is clear: “I can guarantee you no one is moving because of this, but we’re keeping our sandbags ready.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Outside the Fun Zone, black sandbags were stacked up along the peninsula’s vast network of seawalls, giving them a few more inches of protection from the rising tide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Officials urged residents of flood-prone areas “to take precautions now,” including moving cars to higher ground and protecting property with sandbags.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

His dæmon was an otter, and she had been standing on the sandbags outside Hannah’s door.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

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

"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

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

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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