bushwhack

Example Sentences

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Given Hyperion’s off-trail location, hikers must walk through heavy vegetation and bushwhack in order to reach it, the statement says.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2022

This is Matt Blain, who made enough money working at Google that he could quit and do what he really wanted to do: bushwhack and mountain bike.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2019

On a July morning with a startling blue sky and a determined sun, we set off from the front porch of Asa Herrgard, ready to bushwhack for our meal.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2019

“He was about getting into the wilderness, navigating with a map and compass, and finding adventure. If you want to bushwhack, you go climbing with Jack.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2017

I stand with the help of the armrest, then bushwhack through an impossible thicket of Jude’s blond hair to a bathroom, where I splash cold water on my face.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson