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dirt

[durt] / dɜrt /


NOUN
soil
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But it became clear how talented he was when he became the youngest driver ever to win an event in the Late Model Dirt Series at age 15.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Executive Director Jed Hilly point to the Dirt Band as a groundbreaking influence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

But, in a virtual rerun of the Dirt Mile, when Prat and Nysos edged past Hernandez and another Baffert 3-year-old, Citizen Bull, the older horse once again prevailed, again by a head.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

In June 2023, Bloomquist told Dirt on Dirt that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, but it had been caught early.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

Dirt roads so rich and black that a half mile of it would have fertilized a Kansas wheat field.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston




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