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
The town is so off the beaten track, the loudest sound is cows mooing in the distance.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
The jurors then travelled a further three-miles down isolated country roads, with each turn taking them further off the beaten track.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024
Although it is a "beaten track" for caravans, so far as I know the only information concerning it consists in two reports, not accessible to the public, in the possession of the Indian authorities.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
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