bushwhack

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As Krohn cut back the brambles, Ben Gregory, another engineer and fish passage specialist on the county’s culvert survey crew, bushwhacked into the muddy ditch and into thickets of roadside weeds.

From Seattle Times

Only years later, after spending more than a decade in Washington and watching friends bushwhack an endless variety of career paths, did I realize this.

From Washington Post

Snowshoeing is also an explorer’s sport, as bushwhacking is easier when the leaves are down and pests like deer ticks aren’t a threat.

From New York Times

They had to hike and bushwhack their way through the woods since there were no roads aside from a forest road.

From Washington Times

In the other behavior, called scouting, the dog would return along a completely new route, bushwhacking without any backtracking.

From Science Magazine