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knapsack

[nap-sak] / ˈnæpˌsæk /


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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

Her hard-baked shoes were slippery, and her sodden knapsack seemed to weigh a ton.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

The blaze was brought under control by 22:30 using jets, beaters and knapsacks.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2025

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

Kids aren’t marching off to school with Ziploc bags of cut veggies in their knapsacks.

From Washington Post Feb. 23, 2021

Perry noticed them first — hitchhikers, a boy and an old man, both carrying homemade knapsacks, and despite the blowy weather, a gritty and bitter Texas wind, wearing only overalls and a thin denim shirt.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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