rut

To successfully draw enemy fire, it helps to faithfully recreate a real position complete with wheel ruts, ammunition crates and toilets.

A red deer stag bellows during the autumn rut at Bradgate Park, as captured by Miss Smart from a safe distance.

"There's so much going on in the world that it's very easy to just get stuck in that rut and get stuck in your own little bubble because it feels safer," he says.

A few weeks ago, I picked up “The Book of Greens: A Cook’s Compendium,” hoping to claw my way out of what the author, Jenn Louis, diagnosed as a “three-green rut.”

Over the last nine games, however, the offense has come to a screeching halt — serving as the biggest problem in their current 3-6 rut.