bushwhack

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His characters bushwhack through the jungle in 2010’s “Matterhorn,” fish and log in “Deep River,” and now, in “Cold Victory,” ski south from the Arctic Circle in a 500K race.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024

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

Berry also distinguishes her menu with a daily offering of biryani dishes, including a chicken version whose heat will bushwhack you.

From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2018

He’s grown up since then, and I’d rather give him the space to bushwhack through America’s racial angst—and maybe even make mistakes—than reward tidy, safe spectacles that simply pretend that everything’s fine. 

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2016

As we bushwhack along, the mountains themselves tell me we have arrived.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George