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backpack

[bak-pak] / ˈbækˌpæk /
NOUN
sack carried on the back
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Flavio Bolsonaro wears a black shirt and shoulders a backpack as he disembarks the plane alongside his wife and two daughters, AFP observes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

You can never have enough snacks in your backpack on the road.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"The kids will have virtually nothing on their backs, just maybe a really small backpack to get on the plane," said Tom.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Wyatt’s younger brother, Dylan, often wears his brother’s clothes and old backpack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

He just kept reading in that totally annoying way: sitting quietly with the book propped against his backpack.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

The lottery group said players should check places like clothing pockets, handbags, backpacks, wallets and vehicle glove compartments to try to find the ticket.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

A few weeks ago, I met an acquaintance for coffee at a Cuban café attached to a downtown hostel, where people with backpacks of varying dimensions passed steadily through the lobby.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 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

The 24-foot trailer was packed and ready: sleeping bags, towels, backpacks and other items needed for a free four-day summer camping trip for children of incarcerated parents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Hayley and Enrique were asleep off to Moss’s right, both of them curled up with their heads resting on backpacks, a single blanket spread over the two of them.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

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

“I’m so happy to be back,” said Monica Macri, as she led her line of energetic, masked and backpacked fourth-graders toward their designated school entrance.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 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

Tock grew a beard, borrowed a Volkswagen van and backpacked through Western national parks with a friend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2019

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

With bikepacking — backpacking by bike — you can cover more terrain than by foot and access scenic trails closed off to cars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

In a season when rock climbing, backpacking and shooting the rapids are popular, maybe our reading would benefit from going big.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

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

He and a friend would be backpacking for a year or more—Europe first, then Asia, ending up in the Philippines.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart


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