rut
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Part of the reason he is so unpopular is that Germany’s economy has been stuck in a rut.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
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
Lennar fell 4.7% after the homebuilder’s second-quarter revenue missed Wall Street’s expectations, signaling that the housing market is still in a rut.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
The passengers were all obliged to alight, and the four men ordered by the coachman to push the wheels out of the rut.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
We drove his body back along the rutted mountain pathways to the coastal city of Split.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Dipak Magar, 39, is proud of the small house he has built on a bend of a rutted road.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 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
When your name is associated with that much cloaked money in that sort of rutted environment, what else is involved?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
The maize field was at the end of a long, rutted dirt road that led up a rise.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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
The central issue today, however, is that the world's two great economic superpowers are now facing off against each other like rutting stags.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
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
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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