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The widow’s house has become our grassy knoll.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025 -
Another location seems more likely, a mansion on a secluded knoll in Bloomfield Hills.—
Eric Shawn,
FOXNews.com,
26 July 2025
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Set in the rural highlands, the film follows two estranged brothers who reunite in the land of their birth.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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Artemis cargo landers will deliver equipment to sites along the moon’s polar highlands, while crew members will complete daily sample retrieval runs.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 Sep. 2025
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From just over a nearby hillock, a howl floated back.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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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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Dune and swale systems are globally rare; this topographic variation — upland in the dunes, lowland in the swales — combines with the region’s unique confluence of biomes — particularly oak savanna, prairie and wetlands — to pack a lot of biodiversity into the preserve’s 42 acres.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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It's located in northern Arizona, encompassing about 278 miles of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands.—
Olivia Rose,
AZCentral.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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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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Its hummock was part of a wetland spiked with tamarack saplings and carpeted with wild cranberries.—
Paul A. Smith,
Journal Sentinel,
14 Aug. 2022
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As of publication time, Simpson has reached 11 mountain peaks.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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So, building here is an homage to Aspen’s past, a way of honoring the pioneers who helped transform a quiet mountain town into an international destination.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, a 2024 study published in BMC Psychology found that novelty and variation keep happiness from hitting a plateau.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The best option is Cherry Springs State Park, which sits on a high plateau in northern Pennsylvania.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The film is manually wound through the camera via hand knobs at either side, with a frame counter keeping track of how many exposures have been taken.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Sep. 2025
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Check the base of the beater shaft, rims around the motor housing, ventilation openings, and control knobs and switches.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Foothill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foothill. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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