dirt road

noun

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

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Miller and Cook were two of four young women whose bodies were found between 1984 and 1991 in a rural field off a desolate dirt road in League City, located about 28 miles (45 kilometers) southeast of Houston. ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026 Investigators found tire tracks that matched Duckett’s patrol car along a dirt road leading to the lake. Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026 The house — one level, bright and airy, with concrete floors to smooth the path of his wheelchair — perches at the end of a steep dirt road. Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026 Night begins with a brand-new two-door 1967 Pontiac LeMans crawling on vertiginous Franklin Road outside Evans City, Pennsylvania, before making a hairpin turn up a steep, slender dirt road that leads into the famous cemetery. Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 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 5 Apr. 2026.

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