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backpack

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

And it is something, we are reminded, that can be smuggled away in a backpack.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

"He sat down for a rest with his backpack, these guys carry huge loads," he said.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

I slide the groceries and my backpack into the back seat and climb in beside them.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The fashion was baggy everything for guys and short shorts, midriffs and little backpacks for girls.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

What’s more, you are also donating to a food bank to put food into the backpacks of multitudes of children.

From MarketWatch Jun. 20, 2026

What if we weren’t destined to tear each other limb from limb, to yell instead of speaking, or dig our backpacks into each other’s bodies on the train?

From Salon Jun. 13, 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

No. I lived in Latin America in my 20s and backpacked many times.

From New York Times Apr. 18, 2023

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

Mann points to American Hiking Society numbers showing 34 million Americans hiked in 2013 and 9 million backpacked.

From Washington Post Oct. 8, 2020

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

In a season when rock climbing, backpacking and shooting the rapids are popular, maybe our reading would benefit from going big.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 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

Its parking situation was inconvenient, bordering on inaccessible, and the journey from curb to gate and vice versa was the airport version of backpacking the Appalachian Trail.

From Slate Nov. 24, 2025

Late last year, she headed out on what was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime, backpacking with mates in Laos, south-east Asia.

From BBC Nov. 21, 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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