rutted

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Recent Examples of rutted In recent years, landslides have brought chaos to the Palos Verdes Peninsula, cracking the foundations of homes and turning Palos Verdes Drive South into a rutted, bumpy asphalt roller coaster. Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 With a 35-degree climbing capability and 270mm of ground clearance, the D2 Pro has the room and power to handle rutted trails, loose dirt, and steeper climbs without feeling overwhelmed. New Atlas, 23 June 2026 She was driven through rutted streets in which not a single building remained intact. Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026 Abandoned in the dark, rutted parking lot of a run-down strip mall, Nurul Amin would have sensed the shadowy unwelcome of closed and vacant storefronts. Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026 The first of the three legs in an inaugural fundraiser called the Wagora Bike Ride unspools along rocky red clay roads and through rutted jeep tracks, past braying herds of zebra and startled warthogs. Tom Vanderbilt, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026 At the edge of town, off a rutted road, stands Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, a sprawl of concrete and razor wire. Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 28 Feb. 2026 Driving impressions All-terrain tires — a no-cost option — gave the bZ Woodland reasonable capability on a rutted dirt trail up to a scenic ocean view overlook miles inland from the coast. Mark Phelan, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026 The refuge is at the end of a 25-mile-long rutted dirt road that climbs through a shadowy forest of pine and spruce, punctuated by the sparkle of the occasional stream or meadow. Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rutted
Adjective
  • The edges of the chanterelle are often wavy and scalloped rather than round.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2026
  • There’s something about a wavy motif that feels right at home in a kids’ room.
    Vy Yang, Architectural Digest, 31 July 2026
Adjective
  • Now the 49ers plunge into the first round of the playoffs, the Super Bowl no longer looming on the horizon, but a speck somewhere in the distance at the end of the bumpy, rutty detour that their defeat has shunted them down.
    Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Running terrain of the rocky-rooty-rutty variety is fun and rewarding, but no easy task.
    Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Strewn around the edges of the room are ceramic casts of the pocked fruit, brown and desiccated like a pile of skulls.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Another pro is the impressive airflow, thanks to the double-pocked coils in the center.
    Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 21 May 2026

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“Rutted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rutted. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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