backpack
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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
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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
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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
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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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