long way home
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Opting to take the long way home, we hopped off the vaporetto at the top end of the Cannaregio neighborhood and wandered on foot past waterside cafes back toward our hotel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
"The route past this house was a long way home," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026
The other day, driving the long way home, my hands on the steering wheel, I became aware, for the first time, of the absence of my lifelong anxiety.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2023
And me, well, I took a little journey a long way home.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2012
She looked at me as if I were already dead, and then she turned her gaze back to the avenue and where she was going, the long way home to her husband.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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