sandbag

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

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

The council opened sandbag depots across the region to help residents protect their homes.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025

The challenged California law bans the possession, manufacture, importation or sale of “any leaded cane, or any instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as a billy, blackjack, sandbag, sandclub, sap, or slungshot.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024

And he has had spills in the public eye: falling off a bicycle, tripping over a sandbag.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024

So while she powers down the porch ramp in her motorized wheelchair, I remove the sacks of flour and the sandbag from the running wheelchair.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen