as in to force
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
always manages to sandbag her sister into joining her in these foolish schemes
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Recent Examples of sandbag
Rodriguez joins Yu Darvish and Nestor Cortes (in San Diego last weekend) and teammate Zac Gallen Friday night as 5.00-ERA starters who sandbagged the Dodgers.
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
The top three automakers are badly losing a race for the future to BYD and other Chinese electric vehicle companies — their big investments in EVs having been sandbagged by this year’s about-face from supportive government policies to deliberately destructive ones.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
The Aggies don’t sandbag and dodge.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Storefronts were sandbagged against the turbid floodwaters, which have remained high in Benton for multiple days.
—Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
The top three automakers are badly losing a race for the future to BYD and other Chinese electric vehicle companies — their big investments in EVs having been sandbagged by this year’s about-face from supportive government policies to deliberately destructive ones.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
The Aggies don’t sandbag and dodge.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Storefronts were sandbagged against the turbid floodwaters, which have remained high in Benton for multiple days.
—Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandbag
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With temperatures climbing above freezing and sunny skies melting half the structure, they were forced to start over entirely.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Twenty-two people — two civilians and 20 firefighters — were injured and thousands were forced to evacuate.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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Investigators accuse him of coercing middle school football players to perform nude exercises in a locker room and secretly photographing them in various stages of undress.—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Trump may hope that the threat of more danger from above can coerce the Venezuelan regime into acting in ways Washington wants.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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Unlike last April, when the Dolphins seemingly felt compelled to address defensive line after ignoring it in free agency, Miami should be able to enter April’s NFL Draft with a more open-minded approach.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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In the late 18th century, just a few decades before Mary Shelley wrote her science fiction masterpiece, the Italian surgeon Luigi Galvani jolted the scientific community with experiments that used metal and electricity to compel disembodied frog legs to kick.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Jan. 2026
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Beyond that, the A’s are in no way obligated to drop the name Las Vegas Athletics because the USPTO hasn’t yet trademarked the phrase.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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You are not obligated to be everyone’s friend, nor are you obligated to make friends for those who seem lost.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
7 Jan. 2026
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Media investors should revisit the demise of MGM, Columbia, RKO, and other such creative enterprises, when industrial capital muscled its way in, only to drive out the talent that made these assets valuable.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Lee muscled up a shot while drawing contact from Ole Miss forward Cotie McMahon and got the basketball to drop through the basket.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Jan. 2026
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Russian officials were quick to clarify that the strategic partnership between Moscow and Tehran did not oblige Russia to intervene militarily if Iran were attacked.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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Grok initially refused to put clown makeup on a Jama photo at the request of one user, but when another person said the photo was not of Jama, Grok soon obliged.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Sandbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandbag. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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