dirt road

noun

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

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In December, a body found in April 1984 off a dirt road near Lake Dorr in Altoona was identified as Rebecca Sue Hill, the agency announced Wednesday in a news release. Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025 Along a dirt road about 25 minutes south of Fayetteville, a powerful odor sometimes wafts from 48 chicken houses where farmers raise birds for Mountaire. Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025 The gang, armed with rifles powerful enough to pierce an armored vehicle, is believed to have attacked from an alleyway along a winding dirt road between the embassy and the housing compound that isn’t always visible even when security measures are taken. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025 Tigers Blood felt like driving on a dirt road in the summer, Sturgill Simpson (under the moniker Johnny Blue Skies) drifted through space, and Hurray for the Riff Raff brought a political urgency to country music. Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024 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 2 Feb. 2025.

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