rut
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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
In November, Davis suggested the roommates break out of their rut by working their way through the cuisines of every country in the world at local restaurants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 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
The lyrics were inspired by a secretive relationship "that was stuck in a rut but I kept coming back to it".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
When she was startled awake by a deep rut in the road, she could see the fiery redness of the sun above the trees in the distance.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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
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 horse followed, turning onto a rutted path lumpy with roots, and it was as if they had slipped in under a giant colander.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
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
“Jeremy Hunt is collaborative, and I don’t think you have two rutting deer locking horns. They sink or swim together.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 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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