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
She decided to repack her knapsack before she went to sleep, so she could bolt at a moment’s notice.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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
Also flying machines people could fasten on their backs like knapsacks and go zipping all over the world.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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