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Recent Examples of foothill
Fires ignited in the eastern chaparral foothills and along the Malibu coast.
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2025
Gusts are expected to reach 40 to 55 mph Thursday night and Friday, with a possibility of isolated gusts at 70 mph in some foothills and peaks.
—Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
On Wednesday news arrived of the loss of the historic ranch house that once belonged to the beloved Hollywood cowboy and comedian Will Rogers, who in the 1920s bought up hundreds of acres in the foothills of the Pacific Palisades.
—Sam Lubell, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Eaton Canyon is a popular hiking destination just a short distance from our house in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, in Pasadena.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2025
Gusts are expected to reach 40 to 55 mph Thursday night and Friday, with a possibility of isolated gusts at 70 mph in some foothills and peaks.
—Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
On Wednesday news arrived of the loss of the historic ranch house that once belonged to the beloved Hollywood cowboy and comedian Will Rogers, who in the 1920s bought up hundreds of acres in the foothills of the Pacific Palisades.
—Sam Lubell, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Eaton Canyon is a popular hiking destination just a short distance from our house in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, in Pasadena.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foothill
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In Viñales, limestone knolls, or mogotes, emerge from the valley's bloodred earth like upturned loaves.Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
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This time, of course, there would be heightened Secret Service protection, complete with drones and dogs to ferret out any potential assassins hiding out in the bushes or in a grassy knoll.Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2024
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Thailand’s northern mountainous region, known as the Thai highlands, often experiences cooler temperatures than the capital, dipping to an average low of 59 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius) near the city of Chiang Mai in January.Jay Ganglani, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
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That gave rise to the idea that the outer area may have been seasonal quarters for nomads, who took shelter behind the walls with their herds during the twice-yearly trek from lowland to highlands back again.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
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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 site also boasts grasslands, dry forests and upland areas — just about every habitat southern Indiana has to offer.Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 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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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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A day after firefighters got a reprieve with lighter winds than expected, gusts were hitting up to 35 mph (56 kph) on the coast and in valleys and 55 mph (88 kph) in the mountains before dawn, National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Hall said.Josh DuBose, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
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Rangers Nick Meyers and Eric Falconer found the goose about 10,000 feet high on the mountain in December, the U.S. Forest Service said in a Jan. 12 news release.Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 15 Jan. 2025
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But the development cycle for such innovations usually includes a lengthy period during which progress hits a plateau, and hopes for a quick transition from lab to commercial production are dashed.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Dec. 2024
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The Future: Smarter, More Flexible Systems The HVAC industry is nearing a plateau in squeezing more efficiency from traditional chiller and heat pump equipment.Thomas Grizzetti, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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This metal lock has claws that grip onto the strike plate of a door, locking the knob in place once the door is closed.Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
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Are automakers welcoming back physical knobs and switches?Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Foothill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foothill. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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