as in backpack
a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back
hikers carrying their food and water in rucksacks
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Recent Examples of rucksack
In 2022, Weymouth shouldered a rucksack to walk 1,000 miles along Slavc’s GPS trail, following the hundreds of virtual breadcrumbs that marked the wolf’s path from Slovenia to Italy.
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Jonathan C. Slaght, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
The format sees contestants race up a mountain with rucksacks full of cash and the German version shot in New Zealand alongside several other international editions.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 9 June 2025
By late Sunday afternoon, dozens of people in civilian clothing had begun moving rucksacks, duffel bags and other luggage off the ship.
—Andrew Keh, New York Times, 19 May 2025
DeSantis wants to protect kids from childhood for the same reason my great grandfather put a tiny rucksack on my 5-year-old mother’s shoulders and sent her into the cotton fields to pick with the adults — cheap labor.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
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Jonathan C. Slaght, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
The format sees contestants race up a mountain with rucksacks full of cash and the German version shot in New Zealand alongside several other international editions.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 9 June 2025
By late Sunday afternoon, dozens of people in civilian clothing had begun moving rucksacks, duffel bags and other luggage off the ship.
—Andrew Keh, New York Times, 19 May 2025
DeSantis wants to protect kids from childhood for the same reason my great grandfather put a tiny rucksack on my 5-year-old mother’s shoulders and sent her into the cotton fields to pick with the adults — cheap labor.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rucksack
backpack
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At around the same time, a tall, college-aged man carrying a black backpack made his way up the stairwell of the nearby Losee Center, a four-story concrete building that houses the student welcome center, among other things.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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From that day forward, Sofi sent him to school with a photocopy of his passport and visa in his backpack.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Rucksack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rucksack. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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