dirt road

noun

: a road with a hard dirt surface : an unpaved road

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The second was being the only two people on boards—a taste of what initially drew surfers back in the 1970s and 80s, when Itacaré was accessible only by dirt road and largely cut off from the rest of Brazil. David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025 Visitors who travel down a dirt road to The Hollow — named for the hollow-core concrete that made Mellor wealthy — can enter the compound through a dark, cavernous passage lined with neon signs illuminating maxims from the likes of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and Flynn. Arthur Allen, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025 She got turned around on the dirt road, and drove too close to Bois Cotlette. Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025 Visitors who travel down a dirt road to The Hollow — named for the hollow-core concrete that made Mellor wealthy — can enter the compound through a dark, cavernous passage lined with neon signs illuminating maxims from the likes of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and Flynn. Arthur Allen, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dirt road

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