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blaze a trail

VERB
show the way
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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

And how did he blaze a trail to become one Britain's first Asian MPs?

From BBC Oct. 19, 2024

“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

None of them thought to blaze a trail as they wandered, consequently had no means of telling how far or in what direction they had gone before Dick found a few small mushrooms.

From Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks by Lillian Elizabeth Roy




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