beaten track
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A onetime California oil boomtown about 60 miles southwest of Fresno, Avenal has spent decades off the beaten track, known more for its pistachios and sprawling state prison than for political upheaval.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
It is also a lever for encouraging tourism into an area far off the beaten track.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Much of Dudamel’s program went intriguingly off the beaten track, turning to “The Cowboys” and “Amistad.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Mr Park too hopes that one day Korean society can be more receptive to young people with interests that are off the beaten track.
From BBC ● May 26, 2023
Others are often saved from error because they hesitate to follow the light of reason, when reason would lead them too far from the beaten track of received opinions.
From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 by
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