1
as in ascent
an upward slope
I got stuck behind a truck going up a hill in a no-passing zone
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2
as in pile
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
the ants made little hills of dirt
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3
as in mound
an area of high ground
a town nestled in a valley surrounded by green hills
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Recent Examples of hill
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
When rolling up Vin Scully Avenue, a white smoke hung like a curtain behind the small hills on the other side of outfield walls, obscuring the normally scenic view of the San Gabriel Mountains.
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Liana Handler,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
13 Apr. 2026
This process is called hilling and creates an area of loose soil where tubers easily form while being shaded from the sun.
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Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Feb. 2026
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Noun
There are a surprisingly high number of weak ski resort courses, and many better golf operations tend to be at smaller market ski hills, so my focus is on the best golf courses at ski resorts, regardless of the size of the ski operations.
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Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
When rolling up Vin Scully Avenue, a white smoke hung like a curtain behind the small hills on the other side of outfield walls, obscuring the normally scenic view of the San Gabriel Mountains.
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Liana Handler,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
Verb
Leave a few inches at the top of the container to hill the crop later.
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Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
13 Apr. 2026
This process is called hilling and creates an area of loose soil where tubers easily form while being shaded from the sun.
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Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hill
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But that’s just another note in a unique situation given Brown’s ascent after being traded.
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Supporters credit him with helping elevate UF’s national profile, secure billions of dollars in public investment and drive the university’s ascent in rankings.
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Remove brush, leaf, and firewood piles that provide shelter to animals and attract fleas.
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Instead, the pile keeps growing and the mornings keep getting harder.
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Martín Pérez was on the mound for the home team, a soft-tossing veteran lefty who was pumping in 89-mph sinkers.
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Edwin Díaz throwing off mound Closer Edwin Díaz (elbow surgery) has progressed to throwing off the mound.
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Alphabet investors had bought a capital-light cash machine, and the plan stacks equity dilution on top of more than $100 billion of debt raised over the past year, including a sterling bond round in February.
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For a few hours, New York became a small town with generations stacked on top of each other connected by a team that finished the journey.
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San Miguel Sheriff's Office Investigators said firefighters and EMS crews drove up the pass and found the driver, a 58-year-old man from Phoenix, who had walked 150 feet up a small incline from where the SUV had come to a stop on its top.
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At the same time, make other aspects of your walk more challenging, like the duration, incline, or pace.
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One of Pakistan’s top mediators flew to Tehran to persuade Iranian negotiators to reconsider and come to the talks in the Swiss mountains.
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That air should be JR’s vital collaborator — no complex and costly scaffolding for these magic mountains — is nothing new in Paris.
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An operation began using a California Highway Patrol helicopter and the Fire Department's cliff rescue and heavy rescue units, the post said.
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For outdoor enthusiasts, the system now features excursions like the trek up the Eiðiskollur cliffs towering above the northern village of Eiði.
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For longtime customer Nita Lynch, who has banked with FirstBank since 1975, the merger has meant spending hours updating routing numbers, retirement accounts and automatic payments.
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Now, Bungie, whatever is left of it, will be banking almost entirely on Marathon, short of some incubation project finally getting approved.
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“Hill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hill. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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