beaten track
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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
The moral: Whenever possible, get off the beaten track.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2024
“Over its beaten track, thousands of Southern soldiers traveled during the four years’ struggle to conflicts from which many of them never returned,” the article said.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2022
It took a little longer perhaps, but it was interesting; it gave some exercise to the topographical intelligence, and it led us out of the beaten track.
From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)
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