dirt road

noun

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

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According to Vise, eight weeks after Sharrey went missing, her body was found by a jogger on a dirt road under a pile of construction debris. Audrey Abrahams, NBC news, 8 Mar. 2026 My father moved to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, in 1976 when Palmetto Dunes Resort was pretty much a dirt road. Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026 Irvi rose in the dark each morning and drove along a rocky dirt road to a small plot of land that his mother had inherited. Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026 Hikers should carve out enough time in their schedule to explore Mariscol Canyon, which is in an incredibly remote section of the park off of the River road that requires a two-hour drive on a dirt road and a high clearance vehicle. Graham Averill, Outside, 23 Feb. 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 13 Mar. 2026.

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