beaten track
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It will also let them take the "risk" of playing venues "off the beaten track", Mandolin player Alasdair Taylor says.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 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
“As far as traveling through the center of Australia, off the beaten track and whatnot, goes, I’ve been doing it all my life. So to me personally, it’s just another trek.”
From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2023
Stay: there is a thin black strip of moving objects—they are all ants, and that is one of their great highways—a beaten track connecting two great industrial centres.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.
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