dirt road

noun

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

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For The Godfather Part II, Tavoularis transformed East Sixth Street between Avenues A and B in Lower Manhattan into Little Italy in 1918, complete with a dirt road and quaint, old-fashioned storefronts. Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026 Cut to five months later, and Sasha is driving down a big dirt road somewhere in Australia. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026 Two outreach staffers with PATH, a nonprofit service provider, trundled down the dirt road in an SUV. Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026 In bright sunshine, with the Pacific Ocean sparkling far below, two middle-aged men hopped on mountain bikes and started climbing a steep dirt road above Zuma Beach in Malibu. Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026 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 2 May. 2026.

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