knapsack

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

Inside Kerouac’s weather-beaten knapsack and wrapped in a newspaper, Mr. Lord recalled, was a manuscript that Kerouac handed gingerly to him.

From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2022

She grabbed her knapsack and stumbled down the hill away from the fire.

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

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