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Recent Examples of rutty
Running terrain of the rocky-rooty-rutty variety is fun and rewarding, but no easy task.
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Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 1 Aug. 2025
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
The roads were too rutty for the other guests to complete their transit, and the storm clouds above had stopped all domestic air transfers as well.
—Brandon Presser, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2023
Surface at Garden was far from ideal When a Zamboni took its first laps around an NHL arena, at Boston Garden in the fall of 1954, players might have scoffed that nothing man-made could help the wretched, rutty surface.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2019
Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 1 Aug. 2025
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
The roads were too rutty for the other guests to complete their transit, and the storm clouds above had stopped all domestic air transfers as well.
—Brandon Presser, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2023
Surface at Garden was far from ideal When a Zamboni took its first laps around an NHL arena, at Boston Garden in the fall of 1954, players might have scoffed that nothing man-made could help the wretched, rutty surface.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rutty
Adjective
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Turning onto the dead-end road, the car coasts down the rutted driveway to the house at the bottom.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Aug. 2025
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The terrain ranges from steep mountains and rock faces to deep desert sands and rutted trails.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The open air feeling inside Palm Tree Club KC revolves around a blue fusion quartzite bar encasing a wavy bar-to-ceiling backbar acting as the spiral centerpiece for the entire space.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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She was stunningly draped in a tan Harith Hashim ensemble, the wavy silhouette of which contrasted with how Andrew Fitzsimons styled her hair perfectly straight.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Rutty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rutty. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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