knapsack
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They strapped on a machine that looks a bit like a knapsack and provides a robotic boost for the lower back.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024
The Champagne — worth $2,900 in all — was pulled out of Gonzalez’ knapsack and returned to the guests who had ordered it, according to prosecutors.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2023
Adelekan said the man’s knapsack was blown up in a controlled explosion after the suspect told officers to handle it with care.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2023
He tugged a makeshift curtain behind the driver’s seat, snapped his cellphone into a mount by the side mirror, and pulled a gently loved paperback from his knapsack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
He stood and warmed his hands inside his parka and then packed their shoes into the knapsack along with the binoculars and the boy’s truck.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
The blaze was brought under control by 22:30 using jets, beaters and knapsacks.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
Hondurans fled by the thousands, literally walking out of the country with nothing but a change of clothes in their knapsacks.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
They tried to stay clean and healthy, stopping as often as they could at laundromats to empty their tattered knapsacks, filled with weeks-old dirty clothing and sleeping bags, into washing machines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
Out to test the police response to a peaceful campout in the heart of the beast, this platoon, singing and laughing, had barely opened their knapsacks when the police materialized.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2021
Soldiers move in and out, knapsacks on their backs, tanks are driving through, and there are bare shelves in the shops.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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