rut
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If you’re in a cooking rut: It can feel absolutely exhausting to try to craft beautiful meals from scratch every night.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
They could pull themselves the rest of the way out of a recent rut with a statement series against their competition for a No. 1 seed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The lyrics were inspired by a secretive relationship "that was stuck in a rut but I kept coming back to it".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The last time Germany’s economy was in a comparable rut was in the early 2000s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
The harder he worked, the deeper C.P. sank into the very rut that had swallowed his father, even as he watched the less talented and shiftless children of the wealthy prosper.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
We drove his body back along the rutted mountain pathways to the coastal city of Split.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
In the meantime, to get to work at the market, Rahesh must walk for two hours along a rutted dirt road between barren mountains before he can catch a ride.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
Nearly an hour later, she turned onto a rutted dirt road and cranked up the Shania Twain tune “Honey, I’m home.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Drive down any of the the long, rutted, back roads of this dusty Riverside County community, and it won’t take long before you feel like you’ve fallen off the grid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
The ground was rutted from past rains, but had hardened in the late summer drought, so they had to give up on sneaker toes and draw the line with a stick.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
Compared with conventional asphalt, PMA is more flexible and better able to resist cracking, rutting, and water damage, making it well suited to Hawaii's tropical climate.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
Deer are currently in rutting season, when males attempt to establish their dominance against other males as part of their reproductive strategy.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
“Many people specifically go to Kincaid Park in the fall to photograph and view rutting behavior.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
“When the weather is wild the caravan shakes,” said Ms. Murphy, adding that sleeping could be difficult in September because “during rutting season the deer roar right through the night.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2022
At this time of year, the Forest should be echoing with the bellows of rutting red deer, and the clash of their antlers as they fought for females.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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