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Recent Examples of foothill
The 18-room luxury dude ranch sits in the foothills of the Smokies, ideal for a fall foliage experience without the need to leave your hotel.
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
The 5 Freeway Corridor north of Los Angeles, Santa Clarita Valley, San Gabriel Mountains, Antelope Valley foothills, the 14 Freeway Corridor and Ventura County Mountains are all areas included in the advisory.
—Sierra Van Der Brug, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
The valley and the foothills Hundreds of miles away, conservative enclaves in the Sierra Nevada foothills also face the prospect of being gerrymandered into more liberal districts.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In the foothills of Mount Kenya, Mukima Manor offers a seamless blend of high-end luxury and immersive ecotourism, providing guests with an opportunity to marvel at megafauna by day and then sip sundowners on the terrace by night.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
The 5 Freeway Corridor north of Los Angeles, Santa Clarita Valley, San Gabriel Mountains, Antelope Valley foothills, the 14 Freeway Corridor and Ventura County Mountains are all areas included in the advisory.
—Sierra Van Der Brug, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
The valley and the foothills Hundreds of miles away, conservative enclaves in the Sierra Nevada foothills also face the prospect of being gerrymandered into more liberal districts.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In the foothills of Mount Kenya, Mukima Manor offers a seamless blend of high-end luxury and immersive ecotourism, providing guests with an opportunity to marvel at megafauna by day and then sip sundowners on the terrace by night.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foothill
Noun
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Your favorite comfortable Connecticut town has a deep Hollywood history, with films ranging from The Music Man to The Lost Boys all relying on those same winding streets and grassy knolls.—
Mara Reinstein,
Architectural Digest,
30 Oct. 2025
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The bending roads and lilting knolls of College Grove, Tennessee, about 45 minutes south of Nashville, are still verdant in the late August heat.—
Nick Remsen,
Vogue,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Lake Nyos, an extremely deep lake in the volcanic highlands of northwest Cameroon, was in the second category.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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With establishing shots of the majestic Armenian highlands, the documentary makes a concerted effort to trace the deep-rooted mythos of this ancestral land before delving into its subjects.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Terrazzo slabs of terrine with good brown bread and a hillock of cornichons.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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From just over a nearby hillock, a howl floated back.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Mixed oak woods, pine and birch, upland rowan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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While the dry upland habitat loss puts stress on swamp rabbit populations, the loss and drainage of wetlands also poses a challenge for the struggling rabbits.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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Weather has been deteriorating since last week in Nepal, with snowstorms reported on the mountains, the Associated Press reported.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Yonah Mountain Vineyards also pays homage to the iconic mountain by emblazoning its wine bottles and glasses with a bear symbol.—
Crystal Tate,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The study showed that the benefits of exercise do plateau, so after about 5,000 to 7,500 steps a day, the slowing of decline leveled off.—
Alice Park,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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Each time Mizzou hits a potential launch point into a new plateau, the Tigers fall short.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Neither the lid knob nor handles become too hot to touch, even when cooking food on the higher setting.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Features turn out to be like volume knobs for concepts; turn them up and the model will talk about little else.—
James Somers,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Foothill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foothill. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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