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Recent Examples of hillock
As the moon shines through dips in the nearby hillock, its light streams into the central circle and down the length of the avenue.
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Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
Many of the canals running through the farmland were fortified with low hillocks covered in grass.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Rainfall, delayed and rerouted by craters and hillocks, percolated into the earth rather than flushing sediment into a nearby creek.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
The entree is a carnivore’s dream: A beef medallion gets pounded thin and layered with Virginia ham and cheese, an indulgence balanced with a hillock of sprightly greens.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
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Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
Many of the canals running through the farmland were fortified with low hillocks covered in grass.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Rainfall, delayed and rerouted by craters and hillocks, percolated into the earth rather than flushing sediment into a nearby creek.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
The entree is a carnivore’s dream: A beef medallion gets pounded thin and layered with Virginia ham and cheese, an indulgence balanced with a hillock of sprightly greens.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hillock
Noun
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The day before, at the spot where Captain James Cook first landed in Australia in 1770 — now a national park — a smattering of families sprawled out on grassy knolls and enjoyed a leisurely, sunny afternoon.—
Victoria Kim,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2025
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The show is a display of staged orderly chaos, models walking across a hilly, grassy arena, crossing in and out around the little knolls, never disturbing or interrupting each other’s paths.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
21 Jan. 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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Under this scenario, rain could arrive in a slow-moving storm that lasts for 12 to 24 hours or beyond and dump 2 to 4 inches or more on the coast and in the valleys, and 4 to 8 inches or more in the mountains and foothills.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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In the foothills, Golden is forecast to break its record high for Feb. 3 by more than 10 degrees, forecasters said.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
3 Feb. 2025
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There are knobs to twist, levers to slide and songs to sample all while maintaining an interaction with the crowd who reacts as the DJ manipulates sound.—
Eric Fuller,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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In addition to its beautiful design, the kettle also features a sturdy wooden handle and eye-catching lid complete with brass details and a glass knob to add extra flair.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
23 Jan. 2025
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The site also boasts grasslands, dry forests and upland areas — just about every habitat southern Indiana has to offer.—
Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
20 Dec. 2024
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The country’s upland areas are covered by a patchwork of teams made up of locals from all walks of life.—
Tristan Kennedy,
WIRED,
7 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Still, Valéry’s eminence as a modernist is indisputable.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
The New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2024
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But Mufasa doesn’t offer the iconic character a story worthy of his eminence.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The images revealed that Mars' southern highlands rise almost four miles higher than the smooth and flat northern lowlands.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Additionally, alpacas are native to the highlands of South America, where temperatures fluctuate rapidly within the day.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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Most people associate skiing there with the Dolomites, the massive mountain range in the northeast.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
8 Feb. 2025
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The quiet solitude of having a whole mountain to yourself is truly an unmatched experience — not to mention getting first tracks all day long.—
Kale Williams,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Hillock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hillock. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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