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off-roading

British  

noun

  1. the sport or activity of driving vehicles over rough terrain

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The IT worker uses the truck for farm runs and periodic off-roading, he said, and worries it might fail the state’s “pointlessly rigorous” inspection, denying him the required standard tags.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

He thought an off-roading competition would draw attention to the Bureau of Land Management-maintained area and demonstrate the importance of keeping it open to the public.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025

At one point, the car offered to deflate its own tires, not an act of self-sabotage but a premium feature for off-roading in sand.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

We took an off-roading jeep tour and went whale watching.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024

Sarah Cassidy was a garden coordinator for Tilth Alliance in the late ‘90s, when “we were kind of off-roading, in that DIY form of nonprofit,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2024