off the 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 moral: Whenever possible, get off the beaten track.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 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
Westerners, if they are off the beaten track, hope for a railroad; and if they have one road they hope for another!
From In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making by Putnam, George Palmer
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