rut
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To be in a cosy rut is about the sickest thing ever, I think.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 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
Well, for starters, they realised when they were in a rut and acted on it.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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
Each stone he had come to know now as a separate enemy, and he knew each rut by which he might evade a stone and so use an ounce less of his life.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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
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 lane ahead was rutted with rain-filled potholes.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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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