dirt road

noun

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

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Taulant Bino stands along a desolate dirt road surrounded on both sides by wetland. Rob Schmitz, NPR, 16 June 2026 At a junction where a dirt road peels off the highway near the mining town of Hitsats, in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a young man named Filimon Guesh pushed his way to the front of a crowd of protesters. Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge, The Dial, 12 June 2026 Mia Thurow Pendley’s body was found June 8 on a dirt road in the Elambó Bajo community within Zinacantán, local newspaper El Heraldo de Chiapas reported. Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 12 June 2026 Smith is accused of abducting and assaulting an unnamed female victim near the 5400 block of North San Joaquin, a dirt road flanked by small homes and a horse barn about a 15-minute drive west of Guthrie's home. Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 June 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 29 Jun. 2026.

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