blaze a trail

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One of the first to blaze a trail was Alek Wek, scouted in London in the 1990s after her family fled an earlier war.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

People blaze a trail so that other people can walk down it without getting pricked by thorns.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025

“I hope I can kind of blaze a trail for them to one day say, hey, because Josh Sims did it, I can do it, too. And that’s what’s important.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2023

When will Santos blaze a trail to join her?

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2023

Then, taking the mail, he went on ahead to blaze a trail we should follow with the sleds.

From Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Stewart, Elinore Pruitt