as in mountains
a small hill
a grassy knoll
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Recent Examples of knolls
Moose were plentiful, feeding and resting on grassy knolls.
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Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
All the intricate meetings and rolling knolls, all the reliable critiques of the kids today, have left this former student in the ranking spirit.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
Nestled on 30 private acres in the South Fork of Provo Canyon, the secluded property threads streams and waterfalls beneath stone bridges, across gentle knolls, and under low-hanging eaves, all hinting at a hobbit-house inspiration without ever tipping into twee fantasy.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
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.
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Mara Reinstein,
Architectural Digest,
30 Oct. 2025
The bending roads and lilting knolls of College Grove, Tennessee, about 45 minutes south of Nashville, are still verdant in the late August heat.
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Nick Remsen,
Vogue,
24 Oct. 2025
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
All the intricate meetings and rolling knolls, all the reliable critiques of the kids today, have left this former student in the ranking spirit.
—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
Nestled on 30 private acres in the South Fork of Provo Canyon, the secluded property threads streams and waterfalls beneath stone bridges, across gentle knolls, and under low-hanging eaves, all hinting at a hobbit-house inspiration without ever tipping into twee fantasy.
—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knolls
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Respecting Nature Nature is key to Japan’s traditional Shinto religion, in which mountains, trees, stone and flowers are capable of having spirits.
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Marked by towering mountains, spectacular valleys and glacial blue lakes in every direction, the towns of Banff and Lake Louise have attracted travelers for decades.
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Alongside Chase and her family stands film director Guy Ritchie; not as a badge‑on celebrity, but as a creative collaborator who has invested both capital and time in the project, designing the Wild Kitchen feasting tables and quietly weaving the whisky into his storytelling world.
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Stepping out of a restaurant onto the bustling streets of Ho Chi Minh City, as diners sit at street tables, the shooter pulls out a gun and fires on his targets from behind.
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Many hundreds of years ago, Hawaiians planted breadfruit, and the trees captured the spring water that flowed from the uplands, keeping the soil moist.
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This drought tolerant vine grows naturally on dry, sandy soils in pine forest openings and coastal uplands.
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In this case, regulation can be more responsive to nuances of context, and the regulatory knobs are tunable rather than being just on/off.
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Of course, Macy is not actually spending late nights at the distillery twisting knobs and loading the wash into fermenters.
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These speakers join previously announced eminences from Amazon, Calm, Contextual AI, CoreWeave, Databricks, DataSnipper, Exelon, Glean, Google, Intuit, Rivian, and Serve Robotics.
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It was started by Goodall, Desmond Tutu, and other eminences.
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The booster accelerates it to high altitudes and extreme speeds before separating, allowing the unpowered glide body to descend.
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Removing moving parts could result in improved aerodynamics and efficiency, particularly at high altitudes.
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At the time, certain teams wore BLM patches and stenciled the BLM logo onto the pitcher’s mounds.
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Regular mowing can also disrupt ant mounds.
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The Simbari people of Papua New Guinea’s eastern highlands separate boys from their mothers around the age of nine.
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The Macallan Importantly, this is the first time that Macallan fans will be able to have this type of experience without going through global travel retail or venturing into the heart of the remote Scottish highlands.
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“Knolls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knolls. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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