rut
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Apple stock started off the year in a bit of a rut.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
While much of the U.S. housing market has been stuck in a rut, slowed by elevated mortgage rates and home prices near record highs, pockets of San Francisco are rebounding in a big way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
The chip maker’s stock has been in a rut in recent months as investors worry about the sustainability of AI spending by hyperscalers.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
These variations in rainfall can largely be explained by a so-called blocked weather pattern which left our weather stuck in a rut for most of January and February.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
He came to a deeper rut, and recognized it as the place where he had fallen, and where the crow had perched on his shoulders.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
Vocabulary lists containing rut
"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
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