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dirt road

noun

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

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Allan Olson remembers hearing the visceral sounds of his son Jacob screaming in pain on the side of a dirt road. Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 26 Nov. 2025 Following the shooting, police from multiple surrounding agencies pursued the suspect, who eventually stopped his vehicle on Sutton Road near Wilder Road, a dirt road in Metamora Township. Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 12 Nov. 2025 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 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 28 Nov. 2025.

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