back road
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I installed seat belts so I can put my 2-½-year-old daughter’s car seat in back for slow back road drives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
The only drivable route near Camp River Glen now is a one-lane dirt back road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
She said the A9 had been treated like a forgotten back road, rather than the "spine of Scotland" linking central parts of the country with the Highlands.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2023
They ditched the car miles from the festival, held on a farm in Bethel, N.Y., and continued down a back road on foot.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
What I thought had been some hickville back road had actually been Highway 219, in the middle of nowhere.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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