sandbag

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Recent Examples of sandbag That being said, it can’t be assumed teams are always sandbagging. Luke Smith, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025 Rather than being an interesting new character to explore, Aiko’s existence sandbags large portions of the story for empty drama. Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024 Competition among the more than 2 million sellers on the site is so fierce, merchants have even stooped to bribing Amazon workers to give their products an advantage and sandbag their competitors. Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 15 July 2024 Tesla starts the contest sandbagged by a heavy handicap: It’s earned just $13.7 billion the last four quarters, one third the $42.6 billion booked by Nvidia. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 15 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for sandbag
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Verb
  • In fact, one of those one-off events was the host of one of the coolest moments in Charlotte’s sports history — when a 16-year-old Charlotte FC academy player in Brian Romero forced a handball in the box in the waning minutes of the contest, then overtime, then a shootout and then a win.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2025
  • Indiana led at halftime, 48-47: the Pacers, whose dominant 108-91 victory over OKC in Game 6 on Thursday forced just the seventh Game 7 of an NBA Finals in 38 years, wouldn’t fold.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • In some cases, governments even coerce companies into accepting artificially low prices by threatening to violate their patents and allow other manufacturers to produce copycat drugs.
    Rosa Mendoza, Boston Herald, 16 June 2025
  • Geragos has tried to portray Jane as a willing participant in encounters with male escorts and entertainers while Diddy watched, to undermine prosecution claims that she was coerced and trafficked.
    Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Verb
  • Female clients of mine have also reported feeling compelled to embrace more traditionally feminine roles.
    Jerry Colonna, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • However, the Supreme Court ruled that lawsuits to compel states to enforce Medicaid law—a federal statute—aren’t valid.
    Essence, Essence, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • But as a student of history, a patriotic American who flies the flag at my house every day, who keeps a large portrait of George Washington in my living room, I am obligated to do something rather than passively sit by while the unacceptable becomes normalized.
    Doug McIntyre, Oc Register, 22 June 2025
  • No artist is obligated to comment on anything, period.
    Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • The most daunting questions are still to come, as GOP leadership rushes to muscle Trump’s signature package to floor for votes by his Fourth of July deadline.
    Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
  • The Tush Push Prevails The Philadelphia Eagles used the technique, which muscles the quarterback into the end zone, to win the 2025 Super Bowl over the Kansas City Chiefs.
    Andrea Lavinthal, People.com, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • The Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to oblige the governor’s request.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 25 June 2025
  • Surveillance, not least of millions of Palestinians under occupation (and obliged to use Israeli phone systems), generated startups like the spyware firm NSO Group, which soon found clients in the Arab regimes.
    Karl Vick, Time, 19 June 2025

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“Sandbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandbag. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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