: of, relating to, done with, or being a vehicle designed especially to operate away from public roads
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Victor Glover described peering at the long shadows of the lunar terminator through a telephoto lens and suddenly feeling transported down to that airless, forbidding landscape and imagining himself off-road driving among jagged peaks.
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Andrew Chaikin, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Ricky Johnson, who formerly was the all-time leader in Supercross wins, recently became the first non-Trophy Truck driver to win the pole position for a SCORE off-road race for the San Felipe 250.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
The accident happened Friday in the Pritchett Canyon area of Moab after a family of four parked their off-road vehicles and set out on a hike to view nearby rock arches, the Grand County Sheriff's Search and Rescue said.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Deputies were led on a chase that stretched into northern Sacramento County, onto Sacramento International Airport property, and briefly off-road.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
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Andrew Chaikin, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Ricky Johnson, who formerly was the all-time leader in Supercross wins, recently became the first non-Trophy Truck driver to win the pole position for a SCORE off-road race for the San Felipe 250.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
The accident happened Friday in the Pritchett Canyon area of Moab after a family of four parked their off-road vehicles and set out on a hike to view nearby rock arches, the Grand County Sheriff's Search and Rescue said.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Deputies were led on a chase that stretched into northern Sacramento County, onto Sacramento International Airport property, and briefly off-road.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Off-road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-road. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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