backpack
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In one clip, a police officer can be seen finding a gun magazine in a backpack belonging to Mangione.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
He secretly took the American's backpack, containing his MacBook, a satellite transmitter and other personal items, for regime operatives to look through, multiple sources say.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
It meant making your bed every morning and putting finished homework in your backpack every night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
When Atrakchi and Meister hike with Taita, they carry a sturdy, mesh backpack in case Taita gets tired or nervous around dogs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
She set her backpack against the coffee table in front of them.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Photos shared with the Journal showed strollers, children carrying colorful backpacks and their parents among the passengers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Sheets, backpacks, and outstretched bodies transform the emblematic seafront promenade into an open-air dormitory for a few hours.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Reducing the idea to the point of absurdism, Gill asked Hartig if the cartoon character on countless children’s backpacks was “racist.”
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Texas: Most clothing, shoes, school supplies and backpacks under $100 are tax-free Aug. 7-9.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
I threw my arms around her, and we hugged, which was awkward, because we were both wearing backpacks.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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This generation, who as young adults hitchhiked across the country and backpacked through Europe, now is going on safaris and hiking in the Serengeti on guided tours that offer “easy” as well as “challenging” options.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
As recounted by Hey and the Santa Barbara Independent, Montgomery had backpacked or cycled across South America, including Argentina and Chile, and across Asia, including India and the Himalayas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
Poet Allen Ginsberg backpacked around the Northwest in 1956 with Zen poet Gary Snyder.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
Mann points to American Hiking Society numbers showing 34 million Americans hiked in 2013 and 9 million backpacked.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2020
Some ding-dongs believe me, though, and when that happens, I keep the lie going, spinning it until I run out of ideas: I backpacked through France, Germany, and Spain with my rich aunt from Barcelona.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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The Gatlinburg, Tenn., company offers special viewing tours and backpacking trips in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
The soldier's profile notes he loves "to travel, and do anything related to the outdoors; hiking, backpacking, camping, biking, boating".
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
These campgrounds are considered “moderate” because they either do not offer water but still offer car camping or they require a short backpacking trip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025
Loktev hasn’t completed a film since 2011’s “The Loneliest Planet,” which starred Gael García Bernal and Hani Furstenberg as soon-to-be-wed lovers backpacking through the Georgian countryside, their seemingly close bond shattered after a harrowing encounter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
When Chris was eight, Walt took him on his first overnight backpacking trip, a three-day hike in the Shenandoah to climb Old Rag.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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