| Grooves to avoid getting into |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 May 2026 |
| Furrows made by wheels |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 May 2026 |
| Daily grinds |
New York Times |
03 May 2026 |
| Tedious routines |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2026 |
| Deep grooves |
Commuter |
15 Apr 2026 |
| Boring routines |
New York Times |
14 Apr 2026 |
| Dull routines |
LA Times Daily |
03 Mar 2026 |
| Same old routines |
Newsday |
02 Feb 2026 |
| Road grooves |
Commuter |
22 Jan 2026 |
| Dreary routines |
LA Times Daily |
11 Dec 2025 |
| Tough things to get out of |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Nov 2025 |
| Humdrum routines |
Universal |
25 Nov 2025 |
| Gravel road grooves |
USA Today |
26 Sep 2025 |
| Dull routines |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2025 |
| Trenches |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Sep 2025 |
| Tracks when the deer are on heat (4) |
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| Scotsman's focus on game's periods of excitement |
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| Tire tracks |
Thomas Joseph |
20 May 2025 |
| Trenches |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 May 2025 |
| Dull routines |
USA Today |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Trenches |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Deep tracks |
|
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| Dull routines |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Road grooves |
Commuter |
24 Dec 2024 |
| Road grooves |
USA Today Quick |
18 Dec 2024 |
| Humdrum routines |
New York Times |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Humdrum routines |
Newsday |
08 Dec 2024 |
| Tired old routines |
|
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| Same-old same-olds |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2024 |
| Boring routines |
New York Times |
29 Oct 2024 |
| Wheel grooves in road |
|
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| Grooves rust away (4) |
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| They marked the passing of the horsedrawn vehicle (4) |
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| Dirt road grooves |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Oct 2024 |
| Tracks made in the mud by tires (4) |
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| Boring routines |
Commuter |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Dull lives |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Same old routines |
Newsday |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Tracks of wheels in soft earth |
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| Trenches |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Jun 2024 |
| Monotonously lengthy formation of rust (4) |
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| Boring old routines |
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| Boring routines |
Universal |
07 May 2024 |
| Monotonous patterns |
|
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| Rust damages grooves (4) |
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| Give group task periodically and make tracks |
|
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| Creative slumps |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Mar 2024 |
| Muddy road grooves |
|
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| Mind-numbing routines |
|
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| Same old routines |
Newsday |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Deep-cut tracks |
|
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| Road grooves |
USA Today |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Furrows in the ground made by vehicles (4) |
|
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| Grooves |
Commuter |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Dull routines when fighting for mates |
|
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| Tedious routines |
USA Today |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Cousins to potholes |
|
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| Trenches |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Dec 2023 |
| Humdrum routines |
Newsday |
24 Sep 2023 |
| Monotonies |
New York Times |
09 Sep 2023 |
| Grooves |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2023 |
| Dull routines |
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| Trenches |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Jun 2023 |
| Monotonous routines |
USA Today |
06 Jun 2023 |
| Sunken pits in a dirt road |
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| Sunken pits in a dirt road |
|
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| Grooves made by wheels |
USA Today |
02 Mar 2023 |
| Hard-to-change patterns of behavior |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Mar 2023 |
| Tire tracks |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Feb 2023 |
| Trenches |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Dec 2022 |
| Dull routines (anagram of "rust") |
|
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| They're hard to get out of |
New York Times |
25 Oct 2022 |
| They’re hard to get out of |
New York Times |
25 Oct 2022 |
| Rough patches |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jul 2022 |
| Tedious routines |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jun 2022 |
| Going-nowhere existences |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jun 2022 |
| Trenches |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jun 2022 |
| Wheel tracks |
Universal |
28 Jan 2022 |
| Tires make them |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jan 2022 |
| Dull routines |
|
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| Same old things |
Newsday |
23 Sep 2021 |
| Mind-numbing practices |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Sep 2021 |
| Monotonous routines |
Universal |
16 Sep 2021 |
| Pattern of monotony |
New York Times |
28 Aug 2021 |
| Career stalls |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jun 2021 |
| Humdrum routines |
USA Today |
18 May 2021 |
| Trenches |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Apr 2021 |
| Boring routines or indentations from wheels |
Family Time |
22 Mar 2021 |
| Dirt road grooves |
LA Times Daily |
16 Mar 2021 |
| Dirt road grooves |
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| Sunken pits in a dirt road |
|
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| Same old things |
Newsday |
28 Feb 2021 |
| Road hazards |
USA Today |
24 Feb 2021 |
| Grooves |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Dec 2020 |
| Features of a dirt road |
Universal |
21 Dec 2020 |
| Tedious routines |
Newsday |
24 Nov 2020 |
| Dirt road hazards |
Universal |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Creative slumps |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Aug 2020 |
| Grooves in the ground |
USA Today |
20 Jul 2020 |
| Dead-end routines |
USA Today |
16 Jul 2020 |
| Boring routines |
USA Today |
10 Jul 2020 |
| Wagon road features |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jun 2020 |
| Wagon road features |
|
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| Hazards for rural travel |
New York Times |
16 May 2020 |
| Dirt road hazards |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Mar 2020 |
| Boring routines |
LA Times Daily |
10 Feb 2020 |
| Boring routines |
|
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| Tire tracks |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Sep 2019 |
| Well-worn grooves |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Sep 2019 |
| Boring routines |
Newsday |
01 Sep 2019 |
| Ditches; gets ready for new partner |
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| Dull routines |
Premier Sunday |
18 Aug 2019 |
| Dirt road hazards |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Ditches; gets ready for new partner |
|
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| Daily grinds |
Newsday |
02 May 2019 |
| Dirt road sights |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Mar 2019 |
| Sticking points? |
LA Times Daily |
09 Mar 2019 |
| Sticking points? |
|
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| Well-worn grooves |
|
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| Sticking points? |
|
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| Dirt road sights |
|
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| Dirt road hazards |
|
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| Same old, same old routines |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2018 |
| Road grooves |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jun 2018 |
| Impressions of dirt roads? |
Universal |
17 Jun 2018 |
| Dirt road features |
|
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| Dirt road features |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2018 |
| Dirt road grooves |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jun 2018 |
| Well-worn tracks |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2018 |
| Well-worn tracks |
|
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| Tracks in dirt roads |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2018 |
| Wheel tracks |
Universal |
03 Mar 2018 |
| Deep wagon tracks |
Universal |
16 Feb 2018 |
| Tracks in dirt roads |
|
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| Dirt road grooves |
|
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| Impressions of dirt roads? |
|
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| Same old, same old routines |
|
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| Deep wagon tracks |
|
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| Well-worn tracks |
|
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| Road grooves |
|
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| Dirt road features |
|
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| Dirt road tracks |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Dec 2017 |
| Road grooves |
|
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| Dirt-road grooves |
Newsday |
20 Aug 2017 |
| Wheel tracks in dirt |
Family Time |
25 Jun 2017 |
| Tire trappers |
Premier Sunday |
18 Jun 2017 |
| Dirt road depressions |
LA Times Daily |
22 May 2017 |
| Dirt road depressions |
|
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| Dirt road grooves |
Universal |
06 May 2017 |
| Deep grooves |
Newsday |
31 Mar 2017 |
| Dead-end jobs |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2017 |
| Road grooves |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2017 |
| Groovy things |
LA Times Daily |
04 Feb 2017 |
| Tire-trapping furrows |
Premier Sunday |
29 Jan 2017 |
| They're hard to get out of |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jan 2017 |
| Tire grooves |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jan 2017 |
| Dirt road depressions |
|
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| Groovy things |
|
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| Dirt road grooves |
|
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| Dead-end jobs |
|
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| Wagon trail furrows |
USA Today |
21 Sep 2016 |
| Wheel tracks |
|
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| Places to get stuck |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jul 2016 |
| Grooves from wagon wheels |
LA Times Daily |
10 May 2016 |
| Dull routines |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Mar 2016 |
| Dirt road depressions |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jan 2016 |
| Grooves from wagon wheels |
|
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| Dirt road depressions |
|
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| Wagon trail furrows |
|
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| Tire tracks |
|
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| Dirt road hazards |
New York Times |
27 Dec 2015 |
| Low spots |
LA Times Daily |
14 Nov 2015 |
| Dull routines |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Nov 2015 |
| Wheel tracks in mud |
Universal |
08 Oct 2015 |
| Dead-end jobs |
Universal |
14 Jul 2015 |
| Dull routines |
Newsday |
19 May 2015 |
| Boring, unchanging conditions |
USA Today |
14 Apr 2015 |
| Dead-end jobs |
|
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| Boring routines it's hard to get out of |
|
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| Dirt road tracks |
|
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| Stuck positions |
|
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| Tedious routines |
|
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| Low spots |
|
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| Dull routines |
|
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| Dirt road hazards |
|
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| Wheel tracks |
|
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| Wheel tracks in mud |
|
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| Boring, unchanging conditions |
|
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| Channels |
|
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| Boring routines |
|
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| Dirt road depressions |
|
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| Wagon trail obstacles |
|
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| Daily grinds |
|
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| Places to get stuck |
|
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| Furrows |
|
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| Reasons to resurface |
|
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| Same old routines |
|
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| Uncreative periods |
|
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| Boring routines |
|
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| Fallow periods |
|
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| Wagon trails have them |
|
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| Depressions in a dirt road |
|
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| Same old things |
|
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| Tiresome routines |
|
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| Tiresome routines |
|
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| Dead-end jobs, e.g. |
|
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| Dead-end jobs, perhaps |
|
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| Boring routines |
|
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| Monotonous routines |
|
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| Furrows |
|
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| They might be hard to get out of |
|
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| Wearying routines |
|
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| Grooves in the road |
|
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| Wearying routines |
|
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| Places to get stuck |
|
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| Grooves in the road |
|
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| Tracks in mud |
|
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| Monotonous routines |
|
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| Monotonous routines |
|
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| Conestoga-made grooves |
|
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| Dirt road grooves |
|
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| Wagon tracks |
|
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| Grooves to get stuck in |
|
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| Monotonous practices |
|
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| Road furrows |
|
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| Metaphorical low points |
|
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| Hard-to-break habits |
|
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| Conestoga-made grooves |
|
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| Dirt-road grooves |
|
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| Where folks commonly get stuck |
|
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| Grooves in the road |
|
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| Dull routines |
|
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| Furrows |
|
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| They're hard to get out of |
|
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| Dirt-road channels |
|
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| Road furrows |
|
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| Tedious routines |
|
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| What wagon wheels may make |
|
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| Road furrows |
|
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| Boring routines |
|
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| Country road features |
|
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| Sunken grooves |
|
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| Dirt road tracks |
|
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| Places for puddles |
|
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| Dirt road features |
|
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| Tracks |
|
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| Tracks |
|
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| Boring routines |
|
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| They're hard to get out of |
|
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| Channels |
|
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| Wagon tracks |
|
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| Boring routines |
|
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| Trail markings |
|
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| Hot times for stags? |
|
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| Groovy things |
|
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| Sticking places |
|
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| Same old grinds |
|
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| Repetitive routines |
|
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| Going-nowhere states |
|
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| Furrows |
|
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| Same old routines |
|
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| Grooves |
|
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| Tracks in mud |
|
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| Same old routines |
|
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| Nine-to-five grinds, e.g. |
|
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| Dead-end jobs |
|
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| Tedious routines |
|
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| Makes groovy |
|
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| Deep grooves |
|
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| Road grooves |
|
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| Pot holes |
|
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| Dug-out tracks |
|
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| Road grooves |
|
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| Trapping tracks |
|
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| Grooves in the road |
|
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| Tracks |
|
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| Road furrows |
|
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| Dug-out tracks |
|
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| Grooves |
|
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| Chuckholes |
|
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| Dirt-road features |
|
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| Dirt road features |
|
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| Grooves |
|
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| Tracks in mud |
|
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| Wheel tracks |
|
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| Tracks in the dirt |
|
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| Tracks in the dirt |
|
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| Pre-pavement roadbed? |
|
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| Furrows |
|
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| Groovy places? |
|
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| Dull routines |
|
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| Same-old-same-olds |
|
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| Unchanging conditions |
|
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| Where wheels roll |
|
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| Boring places |
|
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| Dirt-road feature |
|
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| Groovy places |
|
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| Road grooves |
|
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| Groovy places |
|
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| Dull routines |
|
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| Truck tracks |
|
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| Uninspiring doings |
|
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| They're hard to get out of |
|
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| Road grooves |
|
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| Channels |
|
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| Trail tracks |
|
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| Causes of some spinning wheels |
|
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| Features of habit? |
|
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| Tracks in mud |
|
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| Wagon tracks |
|
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| Road hazards |
|
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| Fixed procedures |
|
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| Dull routines |
|
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| Dead-end jobs |
|
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| Dead-end jobs, e.g. |
|
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| Daily grinds |
|
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| Country road features |
|
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| Dirt road features |
|
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| Potholes |
|
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| Furrows |
|
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| Wheel-worn ways |
|
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| Furrows |
|
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| Chuckholes |
|
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| Chuckholes |
|
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| Sticking places |
|
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| Channels |
|
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| Wheel tracks |
|
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| Trail markings |
|
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| Channels |
|
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| Country-road features |
|
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| Tedious routines |
|
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| Dirt-road hazards |
|
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| Complete defeats |
|
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| Grooves |
|
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| Routines |
|
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| Potholes |
|
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| Tiresome routines |
|
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| Muffler manglers |
|
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| Traffic slowers |
|
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| Axle-breakers |
|
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| Dirt-road features |
|
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| Country-lane features |
|
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| Ennui builders |
|
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| Road hazards |
|
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| Settled habits |
|
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| Daily grinds. |
|
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| Wagon tracks. |
|
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| Wheel tracks. |
|
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| Worn tracks. |
|
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| Day in, day out doings. |
|
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| Tracks. |
|
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| Wheel's marks. |
|
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| Dirt road hazards. |
|
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| Routine procedures. |
|
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| Daily routines. |
|
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| Wagon trail. |
|
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| Usual ways of doing things. |
|
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| Boring routines. |
|
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| Car jouncers. |
|
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| Road hazards. |
|
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| Relatives of rabbets |
|
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| Furrows. |
|
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| Grooves. |
|
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| Fixed practices. |
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