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rut

/ɹʌt/ [ɹʌʔ] noun C2
  1. A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road.
  2. A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling. (figuratively)
  3. A dull routine. (figuratively) · Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut.

Plural ruts

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Glow-worm in the highway rut,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 20 · C1

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