sandbagged

verb

past tense of sandbag
as in forced
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 sandbagged Ant-Man says the Wolves sandbagged the regular season. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026 These are not ideal circumstances by any means, after being sandbagged by the Justice Department, but trial continues. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026 In Nett’s case, announce and then roll back announcements of a new album that’s been prone to leaks and sandbagged by indecision. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandbagged
  1. forced
  2. coerced
  3. compelled
  4. obliged
  5. obligated
  6. pressured
Verb
  • While some businesses relying on summer traffic have been forced to temporarily close their doors, others refuse to let the smoke alter their plans.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Funding challenges have forced the closure of re-entry homes like the one at Charlotte’s McLeod Center and the shuttering of re-entry organizations like Redirection-NC as well as local reentry councils across the state.
    — Amber Gaudet July 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Definition of forced
Verb
  • Some innocents are coerced into false confessions, like what happened to the Central Park Five.
    — Rene Denfeld, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
  • Sinon grows up as a young man off at war that is coerced by Odysseus to sacrifice themself at the hand of the Trojans, while convincing them into accepting the wooden horse as a gift.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of coerced
Verb
  • Rising costs across the produce supply chain Growing everything from strawberries to collard greens is labor intensive, and for many years, worker shortages have compelled farms to hike wages.
    — Elizabeth Canales, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
  • Nolan delivers one fantastical set piece after another to test Matt Damon’s Odysseus, while keeping the audience equally compelled by the palace intrigue back at Ithaca as Anne Hathaway’s Penelope holds off a brutish gaggle of suitors.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Definition of compelled
Verb
  • England brought on Bellingham and Elliot Anderson to try to pad the lead, and the 23-year-old Bellingham almost obliged in the 80th minute, but the shot was saved by Maignan.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Salvadoran referee Iván Barton immediately pointed to the spot and Oyarzabal stepped up and obliged, beating French keeper Mike Maignan into the side netting at the right post for his fifth goal of the tournament.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of obliged
Verb
  • The school felt he was obligated to honor that deal, which prompted a lawsuit in order that attempted to bar him from transferring.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
  • You indeed are obligated only to invite the neighbors back over eventually.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2026
Definition of obligated
Verb
  • Now, to win elections—and, especially in New York City, to actually succeed in government—soft supporters of Israel are being pressured to support Palestine and pulled into coalition with anti-Zionists.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • Trump, however, denied knowing anything about the Tates’ case, and the Romanian foreign minister insisted the country hadn’t been pressured to lift the travel restrictions on the brothers.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 20 July 2026
Definition of pressured

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