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Recent Examples of foothill
In addition, winter weather advisories have been issued for the southern Front Range foothills in effect until 11 p.m. Wednesday, with total snow accumulations between 6 and 12 inches expected.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
The mountain town of Caroga Lake, set in the Adirondack foothills, is a 15-minute drive south.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
Another year of similar growth before 2026 could move the demographic cliff to demographic foothill – especially considering enrollment was up last year too.
—Derek Newton, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
In 1848, gold was found at a sawmill in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in California.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
The mountain town of Caroga Lake, set in the Adirondack foothills, is a 15-minute drive south.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
Another year of similar growth before 2026 could move the demographic cliff to demographic foothill – especially considering enrollment was up last year too.
—Derek Newton, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
In 1848, gold was found at a sawmill in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in California.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foothill
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The next wave of snow could bring another 1-2 inches and accumulate on elevated areas, such as grassy knolls, bridges and overpasses.Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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In reality, the slant was just 25 degrees, but even a knoll seems formidable under the strain of psychic baggage.Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
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The bagpipes and highlands do not scream Colonial Williamsburg.Lincee Ray, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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The southern two-thirds of the planet, called the southern highlands, has lots of very old craters.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
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The shock is not the expanse alone but the density, the way every hillock and cavern is filled with incident and variety.Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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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
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The country’s upland areas are covered by a patchwork of teams made up of locals from all walks of life.Tristan Kennedy, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2024
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Aided by legislation that rewards landowners for increasing the biodiversity of the Welsh uplands, his group has been planting trees — more than 300,000 at this point, including that rowan.Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
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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
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These cats are native to the mountains of eastern Russia and northern China and have thick fur to adapt to the cold in these regions.Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
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Bear attacks are becoming a growing headache for the country, especially in northern Japan, where mountain ranges and lush bush provide an ideal habitat.Junko Ogura, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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For many people, weight loss seems to plateau at a certain point, often after about six months to a year of trying.Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 4 Dec. 2024
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But within three or four years, when such tricks stop working, results tend to plateau and their necks go on the chopping block.Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Gwin turns a couple knobs to get the propane flowing and ignites it.Ari Daniel, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
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Consider swapping cabinet knobs for matte black handles or satin brass pulls for a more stylish look.Brianna Crane, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Foothill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foothill. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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