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backpack

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

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

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

She grabbed a backpack with her documents and piled the dogs into the soldier’s jeep, leaving all her belongings behind.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Thrall had last seen Dawa Sherpa sitting on his backpack to have a short rest as they made their way back towards base camp after arduous days of climbing.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

I tried to focus, but the note stuffed into my backpack kept snagging my attention.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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

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

Today, high-school students have in their backpacks more computing power than the Pentagon had in the 1950s.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 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

Poet Allen Ginsberg backpacked around the Northwest in 1956 with Zen poet Gary Snyder.

From Seattle Times Aug. 1, 2021

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

From Washington Post Oct. 8, 2020

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

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 27, 2019

She later worked on a fishing boat and in a cannery in Alaska, backpacked in Europe and finally went home to get an undergraduate degree in journalism while attending hotel school.

From New York Times Sep. 3, 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

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

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 soldier's profile notes he loves "to travel, and do anything related to the outdoors; hiking, backpacking, camping, biking, boating".

From BBC Apr. 28, 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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