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
Instinctively, the tiny cat snuggled up to Kelland, and the Good Samaritan took pity on her, wrapping the kitten in his woolly hat and taking her home in his rucksack.
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Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
According to the appeal, the footage showed the women at 2:50 p.m. on Jan. 6 wearing rucksacks.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
The migrants were carrying bags and rucksacks while migrant parents could be seen pushing children in strollers or carrying youngsters on their shoulders.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
Her breaking point came during a task that repeatedly pulled the interlocked participants under frigid water: The soggy Sutter faltered when running from the beach with a 30-pound rucksack.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
According to the appeal, the footage showed the women at 2:50 p.m. on Jan. 6 wearing rucksacks.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
The migrants were carrying bags and rucksacks while migrant parents could be seen pushing children in strollers or carrying youngsters on their shoulders.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
Her breaking point came during a task that repeatedly pulled the interlocked participants under frigid water: The soggy Sutter faltered when running from the beach with a 30-pound rucksack.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rucksack
backpack
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Almost a year-and-a-half later, in September 2024, a fisherman found some of her belongings including her backpack and a hiking shoe, the family wrote in a Saturday Facebook post.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 May 2025
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In September of last year, Japanese authorities began searching in a different area after Wu-Murad’s backpack and a single shoe were discovered near a stream in Totsukawa village.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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“Rucksack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rucksack. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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