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backpack

[bak-pak] / ˈbækˌpæk /
NOUN
sack carried on the back
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One man pushed past me with a backpack, shouting agitatedly about fried chicken.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

The department had previously released images and video of the suspect wearing a white mask, a blue backpack and black clothing to try to identify the man.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

The initial search focused on video footage that showed a masked person wearing gloves and a backpack appearing to tamper with a camera at her front door the morning she disappeared.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

"I watched a little girl crying with a little pink backpack on because she's never going to see her father again."

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

She’s already claimed a computer and her plaid backpack is draped across a second chair, reserving the seat for me.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

Thus, our heroes must peel themselves off from the couch and go on the run with their resentful felines Dio and GG bouncing along in backpacks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Thanks to these men, school kids today carry around more computing power in their backpacks than the Pentagon could have afforded in the 1950s.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

The backpacks are collected, refilled and redistributed each week.

From MarketWatch Jun. 20, 2026

When it was time for recess, I went and hid under the coats and backpacks by the cubbies.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

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

Adamson, according to an ABC report, is a former teacher who backpacked across the country and wrote a book about the subject.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2023

It was the cello that became a recurring motif in Mr. Epstein’s self-told life story, starting after he and a friend backpacked in Europe in the early 1970s.

From New York Times Apr. 22, 2022

“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

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

I saw these and many other otherworldly species while on a life-changing backpacking trip to the island five years ago, which I chronicled for this newspaper.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 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

Several are backpacking sites and do not offer potable water.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 29, 2025

Cars occasionally sped by on the highway, a backpacking couple on mountain bikes pedaled past.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña




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