backpack
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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
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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
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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
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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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