dirt road

noun

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

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Above it, a large banner featured a photo of dark silhouettes walking on a dirt road between the rubble of what seemed to have once been buildings. Emily Wilder, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 In San Bernardino County’s Lytle Creek, where last week’s rain washed out a road near the area’s only bridge, leaving roughly 250 residents struggling to enter or leave their neighborhood, a temporary dirt road was constructed. Ryanne Mena, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025 As the December sun set over central Utah’s sandstone peaks, a couple ventured down a nondescript dirt road to snap photos against the backdrop of a red rock vista. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025 Thirteen miles down an unmarked dirt road quietly sits the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, along the Chama River in Northern New Mexico. Faith Salie, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dirt road

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“Dirt road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirt%20road. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.

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