as in mountain
a small hill
a grassy knoll
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Recent Examples of knoll
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.
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2024
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
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
The knolls are crowned with scrub oak and the slopes are swept bare from a long-ago fire.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2024
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
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
The knolls are crowned with scrub oak and the slopes are swept bare from a long-ago fire.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knoll
Noun
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Most people associate skiing there with the Dolomites, the massive mountain range in the northeast.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
8 Feb. 2025
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Since last week, gang members have been taking positions in the mountains of Kenscoff, a rural farming community above Port-au-Prince.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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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Under this scenario, rain could arrive in a slow-moving storm that lasts for 12 to 24 hours or beyond and dump 2 to 4 inches or more on the coast and in the valleys, and 4 to 8 inches or more in the mountains and foothills.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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In the foothills, Golden is forecast to break its record high for Feb. 3 by more than 10 degrees, forecasters said.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
3 Feb. 2025
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More enhancements to existing schemes to help companies may also be on the table, such as grants to relieve manpower costs.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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Related article Europe fears Trump-Putin ‘dirty deal’ as Ukraine scrambles for a seat at the table The IAEA said its team responded to the explosion within minutes and that no casualties were reported.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The expansive preserve is known for its forested uplands, canyon rims, boulders, sandstone cliffs, breathtaking bluffs, and mesmerizing waterfalls.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 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
Noun
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The images revealed that Mars' southern highlands rise almost four miles higher than the smooth and flat northern lowlands.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Additionally, alpacas are native to the highlands of South America, where temperatures fluctuate rapidly within the day.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Its retro design, which skips a color screen for a slim digital display set below tactile knobs, stokes nostalgia while delivering excellent sound quality.—
Parker Hall,
WIRED,
30 Jan. 2025
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The crystal shifter and twist knob ignition are also nice touches.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Knoll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knoll. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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