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Recent Examples of rutted
And a four-corner hydraulic-lift system takes the worry out of speed humps or heavily rutted roads.
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Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
The Land Rover Defender Octa was airborne for what felt like an eternity, all four wheels spinning free above the rutted Baja-style course in Gateway, Colorado.
—Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 12 Sep. 2025
Turning onto the dead-end road, the car coasts down the rutted driveway to the house at the bottom.
—Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
The terrain ranges from steep mountains and rock faces to deep desert sands and rutted trails.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Not far from a city landfill, the convoy pulls off the highway and enters a rutted dirt road, hidden from view by the branches of weeping willows.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
The Land Rover Defender Octa was airborne for what felt like an eternity, all four wheels spinning free above the rutted Baja-style course in Gateway, Colorado.
—Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 12 Sep. 2025
Turning onto the dead-end road, the car coasts down the rutted driveway to the house at the bottom.
—Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
The terrain ranges from steep mountains and rock faces to deep desert sands and rutted trails.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Not far from a city landfill, the convoy pulls off the highway and enters a rutted dirt road, hidden from view by the branches of weeping willows.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rutted
Adjective
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Amongst the crowd was Euphoria actress Maude Apatow, who starred in the opening promotional segment alongside Cynthia Erivo and wore her hair in an effortless wavy bob for the occasion.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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Angie, his wife and partner, stood alongside him, her wavy hair swept back in a ponytail.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Running terrain of the rocky-rooty-rutty variety is fun and rewarding, but no easy task.—
Lisa Jhung,
Outside Online,
1 Aug. 2025
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Bills owner Terry Pegula has implored coach Sean McDermott and general manager Brandon Beane to coax more of an executive demeanor out of Allen, a transformation that never took last year and likely added to Allen’s rutty play through 10 games.—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
23 July 2024
Adjective
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Adjust the heat to medium, and dump in pitted and halved cherries, honey, soy sauce, and rice vinegar.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Oct. 2025
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Not the pitted crow-feather black olives that cuddled between gherkins and pickled watermelon rind in our holiday relish dish; those were tasteless gloomy orbs cured with lye and dyed with chemical additives.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
28 July 2025
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“Rutted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rutted. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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