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“sacs de sable” in English

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Les soldats remplirent les sacs de sable.
The soldiers filled the sandbags with sand.
Les ouvriers ont été utilisés comme des sacs de sable humains, si je puis dire.
The workers were used as human sandbags, so to speak.
Élément particulièrement tragique concernant cet accident: on se sert normalement de sacs de sable pour ces tests.
The particularly tragic thing about this accident is that these tests are normally conducted with sandbags.
Cet été, dans les régions qui ont été touchées dans le sud-est de la France, les habitants entassaient déjà des sacs de sable.
This summer, in the regions that were affected in south eastern France, the locals were already piling up sandbags.
Elle vit derrière un mur de sacs de sable et de fil barbelé, au rythme des patrouilles permanentes de gardes armés et de soldats.
She has no visitors; her phone line has been cut; she lives behind a wall of sandbags and barbed wire, patrolled continuously by armed guards and soldiers.

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