sandbagging

verb

present participle of sandbag
as in forcing
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 sandbagging While sandbagging and water pumps were initially used to address the high water, the federal agency's letter refers to the logistics involved with getting the shuttered turbines back into operation and pushing more floodwaters away. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026 Since then, Des Plaines has invested in sandbagging machines and other mitigation measures to better protect homes and businesses. — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026 The city of New London, which straddles Waupaca and Outagamie counties, urgently requested volunteers for sandbagging efforts Friday morning. — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026 The Rest of the Conversation There was more, on hiring Olympians, free food, sandbagging (not telling the truth) and territorial office wars. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 Floodwaters are expected to peak Saturday night and crews were sandbagging the fire station and the Blue Spruce RV park. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandbagging
  1. forcing
  2. coercing
  3. compelling
  4. obligating
  5. obliging
  6. driving
  7. pressuring
Verb
  • The French broadcaster said the cyberattack involved forcing a continuous defrost cycle, setting temperatures to 50°C (122°F).
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Andrés Zamora, Secuoya Studios’ director of global sales and distribution, said such deals underline the role distribution can play in financing projects, while also forcing producers to defend their position.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of forcing
Verb
  • In lawsuits filed last year, Chegg and PMC accused Google of abusing its monopoly power by coercing publishers into supplying content for AI Overviews for free, or risk disappearing from search results.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Playing that cat, a work camp warden coercing Hawke’s character into smuggling gold through the wilderness, is none other than Russell Crowe.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of coercing
Verb
  • Last year, Wangari pushed through a law compelling the government to open more than a hundred registry offices, and making identity documents a fundamental right for every citizen.
    — Vivienne Walt, Time, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The state’s campaign watchdog can seek a court order compelling an influencer to disclose that they were paid, but that can take months.
    — Sophie Austin, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of compelling
Verb
  • Your 11th House of Friends lights up as the life-giving Sun energizes that area, squaring obligating Saturn in your 8th House of Intimacy and Shared Resources.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2026
  • The unions argue that carrying out permanent layoffs during a funding lapse violates the Antideficiency Act, which bars agencies from obligating funds without congressional authorization, and exceeds executive authority under the Administrative Procedure Act.
    — Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Definition of obligating
Verb
  • Recipe development can be a self-effacing task, obliging the writer to anticipate the appetites and routines of her imagined reader.
    — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • First is to prevent their further migration by enforcing an international treaty obliging national authorities to treat ballast waters inside incoming ships that may carry such species.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of obliging
Verb
  • Customers, especially younger generations who on average drink substantially less, are driving the demand.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
  • And on Sunday — despite driving with an impressive desperation (that included a heated Stage 2 exchange with his crew chief over the radio) — a few mistakes followed him.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of driving
Verb
  • Families of some of the 67 people who died have been pressuring the Army for months to release the report, which was completed in May.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Meta immediately took out advertisements in major newspapers, pressuring its competitors to adopt similar guardrails.
    — Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of pressuring

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“Sandbagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandbagging. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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