dirt road

noun

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

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The second half of the hike largely comprised of walking on a dirt road under the sun. Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026 In an era when the genre was dominated by bro-country clichés — add equal parts beer, truck and dirt road, stir and serve — Clark, McAnally and Osborne brought varied subject matter, richer emotional shadings and more cosmopolitan leanings. New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 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 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 11 May. 2026.

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