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backpack

[bak-pak] / ˈbækˌpæk /
NOUN
sack carried on the back
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"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

Desperate to track down the traitor who sold him and his comrades out, the super soldier is accompanied by three killed-in-action squad mates, whose personalities have been stored in his gun, helmet and backpack.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

“I’m with my backpack all the time,” he said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 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

Sure enough, Avery’s rushing down the front steps of her house, her backpack dangling from one shoulder and her soccer bag hanging off the other.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

But this year, Target is promoting its June sales week as a major back-to-school event, touting 40% off JanSport backpacks and school staples like BIC pens.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

I assume you have enough money stored away in your own backpacks for medical expenses, emergencies and long-term care.

From MarketWatch Jun. 20, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

Two huge backpacks leaned against each other in the front room, half-stuffed with clothes and food and waterskins.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

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

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

Or that I haven’t backpacked in 13 years.

From Washington Post Apr. 8, 2021

For the ceremony, the couple chose a spot where they’ve backpacked together, on a high-alpine pass with stunning views over the North Cascades.

From Seattle Times Sep. 17, 2020

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

Back in 2010, Francesco Patarnello, Matteo Danieli and Luca Ferrari went on a backpacking trip as friends and returned as co-founders.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

A man from Edinburgh says he is facing jail in Thailand because he picked up a woman's phone in a bar "by mistake" on the first day of a backpacking holiday.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

Eventually, we started thru-hiking, taking long-distance backpacking trips.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2025

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

“I was in Cusco, and I’d been backpacking for weeks.”

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden




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