backpack
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When Atrakchi and Meister hike with Taita, they carry a sturdy, mesh backpack in case Taita gets tired or nervous around dogs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 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
It was stored in a backpack at D'Wit's house.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Hands trembling, I pulled my book from my backpack and stared at the words as they began to swim before me.
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
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
Some napped on a beach with their faces shielded from the sun by plastic bags or T-shirts, while others rested with backpacks tucked beneath their heads.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 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 airport guards checked through their suitcases and backpacks extremely carefully.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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
No. I lived in Latin America in my 20s and backpacked many times.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
Poet Allen Ginsberg backpacked around the Northwest in 1956 with Zen poet Gary Snyder.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 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
With bikepacking — backpacking by bike — you can cover more terrain than by foot and access scenic trails closed off to cars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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
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
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
When Chris was eight, Walt took him on his first overnight backpacking trip, a three-day hike in the Shenandoah to climb Old Rag.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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