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There were ferric hillocks of oxidized green and chasms that tore through flat earth, at the bottom of which a ribbon of river caught the sunlight.
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Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Just an hour away, in New Canaan, Connecticut, Philip Johnson stowed his private painting gallery beneath a hillock and shut it behind a steel door.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2025
Around them, the country seems no less fantastical—jagged outcrops of pale rock, rising from low brown hillocks.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
An amalgamation of Hindu and Mughal architectural styles, Amer is perched atop a hillock surrounded by several other ancient structures and historic landmarks.
—Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Just an hour away, in New Canaan, Connecticut, Philip Johnson stowed his private painting gallery beneath a hillock and shut it behind a steel door.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2025
Around them, the country seems no less fantastical—jagged outcrops of pale rock, rising from low brown hillocks.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
An amalgamation of Hindu and Mughal architectural styles, Amer is perched atop a hillock surrounded by several other ancient structures and historic landmarks.
—Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Hillock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hillock. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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hillock
noun
hill·ock
ˈhil-ək 
: any small anatomical prominence or elevation see axon hillock
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