dirt road

noun

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

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At the pickup location, often down a remote dirt road, lawyers said, a group of migrants jumps into the car. Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025 But right as the words left Trotter’s mouth, the man bolted down a dirt road. Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025 Kiehne was frustrated with the Joneses because the county government wouldn’t grade the dirt road up to his ranch, a rambling territory along the New Mexico border. Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025 Located at the end of a dirt road and cul-de-sac, the modernist, split-level home had wood-shingle exteriors, huge living room windows, two large decks with bay views and a patio and garden. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 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 5 Oct. 2025.

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