knapsack
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They strapped on a machine that looks a bit like a knapsack and provides a robotic boost for the lower back.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024
The Champagne — worth $2,900 in all — was pulled out of Gonzalez’ knapsack and returned to the guests who had ordered it, according to prosecutors.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2023
Adelekan said the man’s knapsack was blown up in a controlled explosion after the suspect told officers to handle it with care.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2023
On an impulse, he bought one of each and stuffed them into the knapsack to bring along as tokens of his past military life.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
He kept his gaze on a tall white woman hurrying ahead, hair flying behind her, knapsack hunched on her back.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The blaze was brought under control by 22:30 using jets, beaters and knapsacks.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
They tried to stay clean and healthy, stopping as often as they could at laundromats to empty their tattered knapsacks, filled with weeks-old dirty clothing and sleeping bags, into washing machines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
Out to test the police response to a peaceful campout in the heart of the beast, this platoon, singing and laughing, had barely opened their knapsacks when the police materialized.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2021
Some carried small children or held them by the hand as they walked up the side of the highway, their few possessions in knapsacks or plastic bags.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
Matching suede knapsacks and headbands were probably all the rage in Switzerland, I thought.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
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