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backpack

[bak-pak] / ˈbækˌpæk /
NOUN
sack carried on the back
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Maryland: Clothing and shoes under $100 and the first $40 of a backpack purchase are exempt from sales tax Aug. 9-15.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 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

"Like everyone else, we're on standby, vehicles ready and a backpack packed. All we can do is wait," he said.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

In the video, the man was wearing a black, 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker backpack, according to the FBI.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

Before Llewelyn could answer, a golden light shot out of Danny’s backpack.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

We also donate monthly to a food bank that provides backpacks filled with food for children to take home over the weekend.

From MarketWatch Jun. 20, 2026

There, on a crowded train during the evening rush hour, on the night of a Knicks game, I was surrounded by a nuisance I’ve been meeting all too often lately: backpacks.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

In the first, players held purple school backpacks decorated with bows.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

Capybara merch is wildly popular in the zoo’s gift shops, which sell 25,000 capybara-themed items a year: almost 7,000 plush toys, plus keychains, backpacks, cups, caps, bottles, slippers, and lamps.

From Slate May 27, 2026

I nudge Max and we keep dodging elbows and backpacks, moving from one crosswalk to the next.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

After he graduated, they transitioned from being at college together to dating long-distance while Mr. Reimers backpacked around the world.

From New York Times Feb. 18, 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

Or that I haven’t backpacked in 13 years.

From Washington Post Apr. 8, 2021

Tock grew a beard, borrowed a Volkswagen van and backpacked through Western national parks with a friend.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 27, 2019

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

She got a job, found a partner, started running, and booked backpacking trips.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2026

Loktev hasn’t completed a film since 2011’s “The Loneliest Planet,” which starred Gael García Bernal and Hani Furstenberg as soon-to-be-wed lovers backpacking through the Georgian countryside, their seemingly close bond shattered after a harrowing encounter.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2025

“Yes, when the weather is good they go backpacking all the time — even the doctor. They’re all real outdoorsy,” she told me quietly, examining her shoes, too.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer




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