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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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It’s located in an oak knoll for peak tranquility, surrounded by olive trees and verdant plants and visited by the occasional deer.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
20 Sep. 2025
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The widow’s house has become our grassy knoll.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Following Ordesa y Monte Perdido in the worldwide ranking were Peyto Lake in Canada’s Banff National Park and Lake Atitlán in Guatemala’s southwestern highlands.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Sep. 2025
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La Gritona has just one expression, perfected to an art form with agave aged 8-10 years in the highlands of Jalisco.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 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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This drought tolerant vine grows naturally on dry, sandy soils in pine forest openings and coastal uplands.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
22 Sep. 2025
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Pygmy rattlesnakes are found near water and sometimes in rocky uplands, pine woods and glades, according to the TWRA.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Sep. 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
Noun
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Fall colors light up the mountains around Massanutten Resort.—
Dave Parfitt,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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More than an inch of rain is forecast for Denver on Tuesday as snow accumulates in the mountains, forecasters said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Each drive offered us the choice to head down into the valley—in search of the elusive black leopard or to visit the hippos dotting the riverbank—or up onto the plateau where the chance to see lions, cheetahs, zebras, and elephants awaited.—
Rebekah Peppler,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Sep. 2025
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The first three months after launch can determine whether a company's validation will compound, plateau or creep silently away.—
Matthew Ross,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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No need to struggle with confusing buttons, as this option has a turn knob switch at the base for easy turning on and off.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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No more hanging socks from cabinet knobs or relying on campground and public laundromats.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Foothill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foothill. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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