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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

Payments company Stripe and private-equity firm Advent International recently made a joint takeover bid for PayPal, which has been in a yearslong rut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

An old-school tip for finding new music: If Spotify’s algorithm makes you feel stuck in a musical rut, there’s an easy way out.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Well, for starters, they realised when they were in a rut and acted on it.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Straight off he tripped over a frozen tire rut, went flying, and landed on his arse.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

The town moves from pitying her to whispering that she’s crazy, leaving her rutted in the anger stage of the grieving process.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

A huge flag is draped across the rutted pillars protruding from the ruins like concrete teeth.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 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

Costa Rica’s Pacuare Lodge is so remote that visitors must arrive via white-water raft, by air or on a rutted 4WD-only road.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025

In the spring of 1685, Maria put most of her belongings in storage, renounced the world—including her increasingly distant husband—and bumped over rutted roads to the flat, open moors of Friesland in the northern Netherlands.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

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

Bulls can be aggressive during the rutting season from mid-July through August.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 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

They have a hoarse, distant bellow like a rutting stag and make their way high above the howl and whistle of the smaller shells.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque