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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

In February 2025, mother and daughter packed a backpack and suitcase each.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

In one clip, a police officer can be seen finding a gun magazine in a backpack belonging to Mangione.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The brief social media clip features Gizmo rustling around inside a backpack in an indiscernible location.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

I adjust my backpack and lean on the doorframe, uncertain of what I should do.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

Bright-colored backpacks, fresh school supplies and late-summer sun beaming through classroom windows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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

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

Everyone grabbed their backpacks, forgetting me as suddenly as they’d noticed me.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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

Culturally curious, she has traveled, lived and worked overseas, as well as backpacked solo in Australia for five weeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

“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

Or that I haven’t backpacked in 13 years.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2021

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

David Andrus spent most of his life backpacking and mountain biking near his Colorado home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

At one point, he set out on an ill-timed backpacking trip as McKinsey sent an assessment over email for a consulting role.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

Jones and Bowles were among six foreign tourists who died after consuming free drinks at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in the popular backpacking town of Vang Vieng.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

No one would suspect the pair with long hair and scruffy beards who blended in with all of the other college students backpacking through Europe.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti


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