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Recent Examples of hillock
As the moon shines through dips in the nearby hillock, its light streams into the central circle and down the length of the avenue.
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Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
Many of the canals running through the farmland were fortified with low hillocks covered in grass.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Rainfall, delayed and rerouted by craters and hillocks, percolated into the earth rather than flushing sediment into a nearby creek.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
The entree is a carnivore’s dream: A beef medallion gets pounded thin and layered with Virginia ham and cheese, an indulgence balanced with a hillock of sprightly greens.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
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Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
Many of the canals running through the farmland were fortified with low hillocks covered in grass.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Rainfall, delayed and rerouted by craters and hillocks, percolated into the earth rather than flushing sediment into a nearby creek.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
The entree is a carnivore’s dream: A beef medallion gets pounded thin and layered with Virginia ham and cheese, an indulgence balanced with a hillock of sprightly greens.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hillock
Noun
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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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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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Peak gusts of 15 mph to 30 mph could hit at times over the weekend, and up to 60 mph in the Antelope Valley foothills.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Additional hazards include possible thunderstorms, small hail, and wind gusts reaching 60 mph in the Antelope Valley foothills.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Examples include moving the master bedroom to the first floor, replacing knobs with handles, and installing tall toilets.—
Steve Parrish,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Interior 1/6 The absence of anything remotely resembling a physical knob or dial inside either vehicle is a pretty good sign that automakers continue to ignore the pleas of customers to stop porting every last bit of functionality through its digital interfaces.—
Andrew J. Hawkins,
The Verge,
9 Jan. 2025
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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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Still, Valéry’s eminence as a modernist is indisputable.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
The New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2024
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But Mufasa doesn’t offer the iconic character a story worthy of his eminence.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
17 Dec. 2024
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Leave a comment View Comments The formations have also provided insight into one of the biggest mysteries on Mars — why the planet has a marked boundary between the soaring highlands of its southern hemisphere and shallow plains in the northern hemisphere.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Still, White had to find the actual hotel, spending months touring Thailand’s rolling northern highlands, bustling Bangkok, and southern beach resorts of Phuket and Krabi.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Santa Ana winds—hot, dry gusts descending from inland mountains—and severe drought conditions have created a perfect environment for wildfires to ignite rapidly and spread uncontrollably.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Photos show the hound wearing the orange rescue harness on top of the mountain.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Hillock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hillock. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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