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A brief climb in the vineyards above the village of Ampuis with the spry young vigneron Stéphane Ogier left me dizzy and breathless, which turned out to be a happier condition than the terror I experienced later, driving the dirt-road switchbacks with another winemaker, Éric Texier.
The Bacony Goodness of Côte-Rôtie Jay McInerney 2011
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Earn your dirt-road cred by taking a shopping trip to Spector's.
Boing Boing 2009
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This starburst delivery rings with a dirt-road longing.
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 195 Phil Ramone 2011
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Case in point, in 2007 a Christian congregation in Bekasi, a dirt-road town on the outskirts of Jakarta, applied for permits to build a church.
Angilee Shah: What Obama Missed in Indonesia Angilee Shah 2010
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Case in point, in 2007 a Christian congregation in Bekasi, a dirt-road town on the outskirts of Jakarta, applied for permits to build a church.
Angilee Shah: What Obama Missed in Indonesia Angilee Shah 2010
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The most original musician in jazz history was born in a dirt-road town in the plains of eastern North Carolina, all cotton fields, railroad tracks, and tobacco warehouses.
September 2007 2007
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And perhaps some sites, like a video service, would rather be carried on that "managed" network than on the old, dirt-road Internet.
Art Brodsky: GM's New Chairman -- You Won't Drive on My Roads for Free 2009
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The most original musician in jazz history was born in a dirt-road town in the plains of eastern North Carolina, all cotton fields, railroad tracks, and tobacco warehouses.
Monk 2007
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The car drove quickly up the dirt-road leading off route 6A and almost ran into an oxcart coming in from the fields.
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Actually, I'd probably be even more keen on the latter lakes, if it were not for the fact that I spent half a day scrambling to do some emergency repairs on my car engine on a back dirt-road just in order to be able to escape, but that's another story.
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