as in trail
a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps
found the footpath leading down into the valley
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Cycling is also a focus, as are footpaths and even High Line-style elevated park areas are planned.
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Adam Williams, New Atlas, 10 July 2024
Morne Trois National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in a fertile valley in the south central part of the island, has nearly 300 miles of footpaths, waterfalls, and a region of boiling mud ponds and small geysers to explore.
—Kristin Braswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2023
As Dove Barr walked along a footpath, her tennis shoes crunched ancient oyster shells—an echo of a past when Indigenous and later enslaved people once lived and fished here.
—Alexia Fernández Campbell, Essence, 4 July 2024
The grass plots at Hurlingham have lined the winding footpaths near the Thames since 1869.
—Nick Pachelli, Vogue, 3 July 2024
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Adam Williams, New Atlas, 10 July 2024
Morne Trois National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in a fertile valley in the south central part of the island, has nearly 300 miles of footpaths, waterfalls, and a region of boiling mud ponds and small geysers to explore.
—Kristin Braswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2023
As Dove Barr walked along a footpath, her tennis shoes crunched ancient oyster shells—an echo of a past when Indigenous and later enslaved people once lived and fished here.
—Alexia Fernández Campbell, Essence, 4 July 2024
The grass plots at Hurlingham have lined the winding footpaths near the Thames since 1869.
—Nick Pachelli, Vogue, 3 July 2024
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“Footpath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footpath. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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