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Take, for example, a bowl of artichoke purée poured around a hillock of tender Jonah crab.
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
Terrazzo slabs of terrine with good brown bread and a hillock of cornichons.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
From just over a nearby hillock, a howl floated back.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2025
With the Sayre’s prime setting on a hillock, guests have a clear view of the intact former Bethlehem Steel blast furnaces a few miles away.
—John Oseid, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
Terrazzo slabs of terrine with good brown bread and a hillock of cornichons.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
From just over a nearby hillock, a howl floated back.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2025
With the Sayre’s prime setting on a hillock, guests have a clear view of the intact former Bethlehem Steel blast furnaces a few miles away.
—John Oseid, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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“Hillock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hillock. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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hillock
noun
hill·ock
ˈhil-ək 
: any small anatomical prominence or elevation see axon hillock
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