backpack
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"I keep a backpack with essential items," says Natalia, 37.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
It meant making your bed every morning and putting finished homework in your backpack every night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
“He was a simple person, very humble and down to earth. He used to travel with just a backpack, some shirts and jeans and his laptop.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
One man pushed past me with a backpack, shouting agitatedly about fried chicken.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
A worksheet rested in my chair—thanks, Harper, for not even trying to get it on the desk—and a folded sheet of paper stuck out of my backpack, a paper I hadn’t put there.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
They snatch backpacks, swipe shoes and nibble on trekking poles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
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
Reducing the idea to the point of absurdism, Gill asked Hartig if the cartoon character on countless children’s backpacks was “racist.”
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
The last group is elementary school kids wearing backpacks that look huge on their backs.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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
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
Poet Allen Ginsberg backpacked around the Northwest in 1956 with Zen poet Gary Snyder.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 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
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
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
Eventually, we started thru-hiking, taking long-distance backpacking trips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 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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