hummock

Definition of hummocknext

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Noun
  • Sometimes finding the right trees can be an adventure, hiking into forests and mountains to find the oldest trees, patriarchs that hold centuries of information.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • And in the agricultural fields, and in the mountain towns, and in the Sahara.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • Video from Driscol Rojas, who describes himself as a filmmaker, shows mounds of rubble in Caraballeda.
    Osmary Hernández, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
  • But Ohtani has been just as impressive on the mound this year.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • An operation began using a California Highway Patrol helicopter and the Fire Department's cliff rescue and heavy rescue units, the post said.
    Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • For outdoor enthusiasts, the system now features excursions like the trek up the Eiðiskollur cliffs towering above the northern village of Eiði.
    Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • Along with widespread highs in the 90s, the system will bring high humidity to the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, Duffus said, with more than two dozen states affected at its peak.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • The sprawling heat dome will linger over the East, particularly the I-95 corridor, and peak by Friday, just in time for the long Fourth of July weekend.
    Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • As visitors like Fulkerson settled into folding chairs arranged along the same grassy knoll where John Brown and his followers fought their way into the red-brick armory, Kerwin rose, stepped to the microphone and looked out at the crowd gathered before her.
    Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 26 June 2026
  • About a mile north of Hereford High School on York Road is a grassy knoll rolling down to the Gunpowder River.
    Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Take, for example, a bowl of artichoke purée poured around a hillock of tender Jonah crab.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Terrazzo slabs of terrine with good brown bread and a hillock of cornichons.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Visitors can pair the park with a stop along the American River or a drive through nearby foothill towns.
    CBS News, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • The heat will also impact Sacramento, Modesto, Merced, Fresno and surrounding foothill communities.
    Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026
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“Hummock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hummock. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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