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Recent Examples of hillock
The shock is not the expanse alone but the density, the way every hillock and cavern is filled with incident and variety.
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Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
The entrance is through a structure that could be a brutalist one-car garage dug into a hillock.
—Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
Six rescuers climbed down the hill, while another 50 assisted atop the hillock.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024
This year, Novotny’s fields atop a hillock in Chatfield are one of the test plots for camelina.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
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Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
The entrance is through a structure that could be a brutalist one-car garage dug into a hillock.
—Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
Six rescuers climbed down the hill, while another 50 assisted atop the hillock.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024
This year, Novotny’s fields atop a hillock in Chatfield are one of the test plots for camelina.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hillock
Noun
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Its acreage includes pasture, timber and a central sage brush knoll plus about 2,800 acres of organic farmland, according to the listing.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Apr. 2025
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The clubhouse sits on a knoll over a four-acre peninsula, surrounded by water.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Craters pitted the earth; hummocks rose and fell; downed trees jutted from slash heaps like the spars of shipwrecks.—
Ben Goldfarb,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2024
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On that June evening, as the sun set, throwing billows of magenta clouds in the western sky, Heckscher saw ferns, grass-like sedges and hummocks of mosses, all signs of a healthy wetland.—
Madeline Bodin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 May 2023
Noun
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Thursday that 18 suspects have been arrested for alleged arson amid the inferno, which has spread across more than 5,000 acres in the foothills of Jerusalem over the past two days.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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However, this little city at the foothills of the Appalachians has been working hard to clean itself up.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Apr. 2025
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Simplicity is key to the design team's approach to the model; its windows crank and there are climate control knobs.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Gi-hun twists the knob of a giant gumball machine that dispenses red and blue balls.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
5 May 2025
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Arid uplands and ephemeral wetlands host an exceptional array of life, from 13 species of frogs and more than 140 reptiles to 325 bird species like mulga parrots and nankeen kestrels.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Instructors will focus on coastal, estuarine, and uplands habitats; coastal plants; and marine invertebrates, birds, mammals, reptiles, and fish.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The eminence whom the film casts as the prime mover of benevolent governance is Nelson Rockefeller, a liberal Republican (the breed wasn’t uncommon then) who was the state’s governor from 1959 to 1973.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2025
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Thanks to courses in communication studies, students are schooled in the evolving business models of the creative industries, and dive into allyship and advocacy through sound studies and the school’s eminence in audiology.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Rum, specifically Ron Libertad—distilled in the highlands of Chiapas in partnership with eight local families—honors the heritage of the local indigenous population.—
Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu,
Bon Appétit,
18 Feb. 2025
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Crafted in the highlands of Jalisco by Maestra Tequilera Ana María Romero, one of Mexico’s most trusted, respected and awarded tequila authorities, produces a line of premium tequilas that includes blanco, reposado, añejo and cristalino.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Later in the evening, Hield picked Curry’s brain about the pros and cons of leaning into a small lineup or going more traditional, all to counter Adams, the New Zealand mountain in their way.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Interior valleys, mountains and deserts could see wind gusts of up to 35 mph.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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“Hillock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hillock. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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