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The phrase "a sack around" is not a standard expression in written English and may be unclear without context.
It could be used in a context where something is being enclosed or surrounded by a sack, but it is not commonly used.
Example: "He carried a sack around filled with supplies for the trip."
Alternatives: "a bag around" or "a pouch around".
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During metamorphosis, this portion of the blastocoel undergoes reduction because of degeneration of the larval trunk, which becomes very short and forms a sack around the larval telotroch (Fig. 9b).
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After devouring a cheese steak with as much gooey cheese as possible and kicking a Hacky Sack around the trainer's room, Lincecum humbly discussed his value to the Giants.
I was carrying around a sack of crap that just didn't serve me.
She got a sack and went around the room, picking things up.
Instead they were tossed around like a sack of potatoes until the clowns could free them.
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They never get to eat, being rudely interrupted by the mountainous Mr. Hinx (Dave Bautista), who tosses Bond around like a sack of potatoes.
After the match they gather around a sack of bananas beside the pitch .At school, the kids get a full meal every day," explains Jonathan Hannay, the secretary-general of Children at Risk Foundation, a local charity.
She disparages writing, calling it lines of black segments that look like insect feces, and fame is "a ribbon tied around a sack filled with blood, flesh, words.... and petty thoughts".
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