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Recent Examples of foothill
But tropical moisture will begin moving ashore late in the day and will spread from the coast to the inland foothills and valleys to mountains.
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
As the foothills of the Himalayas, the region’s potential for hydroelectric power was unparalleled.
—Bridget Crocker
june 6, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025
More than an inch of rain is possible in some areas, including the foothills of Jefferson County and south metro Denver into the Palmer Divide, while neighborhoods north of Denver will see lighter rain.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 2 June 2025
Zoom in: Being set next to the foothills means Boulder sees a lot of bear activity, especially in western areas of the city.
—Mitchell Byars, Axios, 12 May 2025
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
As the foothills of the Himalayas, the region’s potential for hydroelectric power was unparalleled.
—Bridget Crocker
june 6, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025
More than an inch of rain is possible in some areas, including the foothills of Jefferson County and south metro Denver into the Palmer Divide, while neighborhoods north of Denver will see lighter rain.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 2 June 2025
Zoom in: Being set next to the foothills means Boulder sees a lot of bear activity, especially in western areas of the city.
—Mitchell Byars, Axios, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foothill
Noun
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The burden of your inquiry into this wrongful closure should rest squarely on the wrongdoer’s shoulders, not on those of the innocent public trying to access their beloved knoll.—
Letters To The Editor,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2025
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In Greenville, a one-room Chinese schoolhouse opened on a grassy knoll near the levee.—
Erika Hayasaki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
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The Last Nomads In Georgia’s Adjara highlands, a traditional way of life is slowly disappearing.—
The Dial,
The Dial,
12 June 2025
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The murine rodent lives in the region’s remote, steep highlands at elevations around 12,000 feet.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
21 May 2025
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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.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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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
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With seven miles of shoreline, the 892-acre park has plenty of space to explore tidal wetlands interspersed with farmland and upland forests.—
Simon Davidson,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2025
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This drought tolerant vine grows naturally on dry, sandy soils in pine forest openings and coastal uplands.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 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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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
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Erick spent the day dragging through the coastal mountain range, dropping torrential quantities of rain.—
Luis Alberto Cruz,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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The mountain regions could see gusts of 30 to 50 miles per hour, the agency adds.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Some on the Iranian plateau still practice Zoroastrianism, the world’s first monotheistic faith, and the foundation for an ancient empire that still informs Iranians’ sense of themselves.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
22 June 2025
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While Nintendo mostly conceded the corporate tug-of-war over graphical prowess back in 2006 with the Wii, the general plateau of visual enhancements over the last two generations means that games running on Switch 2 look pretty damned good even compared to more premium devices.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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The on/off lever, complete with a cherry red knob, adds a burst of contrast to the otherwise monochrome frame.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
20 June 2025
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Clean the base of the toilet that is on the floor and all the knobs, too.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
14 June 2025
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“Foothill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foothill. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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