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Recent Examples of haversack
Each foot soldier carried a ten-pound musket, a sixteen-inch bayonet, a tin canteen, a linen haversack, and his own blanket—a battlefield luxury, since in peacetime five men typically shared two blankets.
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
Trimmed with luggage slats and a restraint bar, the box lands ready to support any traveling cases, haversacks, miniature steamer trunks, or other traveling caboodle carried in the cabin, but definitely not any plus-two passengers.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2023
There was the field bag (a canvas haversack used by soldiers in both world wars), the satchel (worn across the body and popularized by Indiana Jones), and the tote bag (notably prevalent among readers of The New Yorker).
—Nick Haramis, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2021
The next entry shows Gigger was docked pay for losing a canteen and a haversack.
—Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 14 Mar. 2018
/ Cbs News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
Trimmed with luggage slats and a restraint bar, the box lands ready to support any traveling cases, haversacks, miniature steamer trunks, or other traveling caboodle carried in the cabin, but definitely not any plus-two passengers.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2023
There was the field bag (a canvas haversack used by soldiers in both world wars), the satchel (worn across the body and popularized by Indiana Jones), and the tote bag (notably prevalent among readers of The New Yorker).
—Nick Haramis, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2021
The next entry shows Gigger was docked pay for losing a canteen and a haversack.
—Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 14 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haversack
Noun
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In the end, though, their scores on the knapsack test were no better than the placebo group.—
Paul Tough Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Brian St. Pierre,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Steel wore a white turtleneck and carried a small knapsack filled with court filings: pleasure reading.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Los Angeles’s big prop shops can supply a thousand films and TV shows a year, outfitting crime procedurals to Bible epics with satchels, spears, and pogo sticks.—
Alex Carp,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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The bag also comes in three distinct styles; The Cristina satchel ($450), The Cristina small satchel ($350) and The Cristina tote ($395).—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
17 July 2025
Noun
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Nintendo Promotional images for the My Mario merchandising line also included a glimpse of additional kid-friendly items, including apparel, soft plush toys, accessories like backpacks, and kid-friendly crockery, lunchboxes, bibs, and more.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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Footprint Center bag policy for concerts Standard backpacks are not permitted.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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.—
Jonathan C. Slaght,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2025
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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
Noun
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The pouch is usually made from velvet or some other fabric material that won’t impact the smell or flavor of the stones.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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Instead of pouch cells using a nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cathode chemistry, the new cells are rectangular prismatic cans with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) chemistry.—
Sam Abuelsamid,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Officers found tote bins in the burn pile, and collected them as evidence.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
20 Aug. 2025
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Enjoy 7 days free then get one year of unlimited access for $3.33 $1.50 per month + a tote.—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Simmons was a freshman All-American and made the SEC all-freshman team in 2024 after finishing the season with 48 tackles and nine sacks.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Aug. 2025
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Defensive end Austin Booker continued his stellar preseason with his league-leading fourth sack to go along with a pass defensed.—
Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Comprising a new rendition of the brand’s signature carry-on, alongside a weekender, duffel bags and laptop case, the collection bows exclusively at the London department store before a later rollout in the U.S. at Just One Eye in Los Angeles, Nordstrom and A’maree’s in Newport Beach, Calif.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
31 July 2025
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The security team installed hidden cameras, which caught Chau hiding products in his Dallas police raid jacket and leaving the stores with duffel bags and backpacks, KDFW reported.—
Samara Gerstle,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 July 2025
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“Haversack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haversack. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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