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Everyone made a bit of a mountain out of a molehill.
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Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Every other mountain in the Alaska Range looked like the proverbial molehill compared to the 20,000-foot behemoth.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
The attacks on Ramirez make a mountain out of a molehill, based on a questionable translation of her Spanish words.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
There is little question that the pandemic made a horological mountain out of what was perhaps only going to be a molehill.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024
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Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Every other mountain in the Alaska Range looked like the proverbial molehill compared to the 20,000-foot behemoth.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
The attacks on Ramirez make a mountain out of a molehill, based on a questionable translation of her Spanish words.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
There is little question that the pandemic made a horological mountain out of what was perhaps only going to be a molehill.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Molehill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/molehill. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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molehill
noun
mole·hill
ˈmōl-ˌhil 
1
: a small mound or ridge of earth pushed up by a burrowing mole
2
: an unimportant obstacle or difficulty
made a mountain out of a molehill
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