backpack

Example Sentences

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She can handle herself—she has an industrial-size pepper spray in her backpack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

During a strike, she said, she would carefully explain to her daughter — a 7-year-old with long, braided hair and a Labubu plush toy swinging from her red backpack — what the teachers were demanding.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

“The Grace Blackwell system is nearly two tons, and so you’re not going to be putting that in your pocket or your backpack anytime soon,” he said, referring to the chip maker’s latest-generation AI platform.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

"Immigration saw that I had three months' worth of medication in this backpack that was bigger than me," Regan says.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

He had a card with emergency contacts in his backpack and handed it over.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova