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
Jay Curtis is used to getting off the beaten track and exploring unusual sights with his drone - but even he was surprised to spot a 24-metre ship grounded off the west Wales coast.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 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
The originality of Machiavelli in his Mandragora was not of the sort to encourage a departure from the beaten track.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
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