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Recent Examples of foothill
Here’s what to know: Moderate to heavy rain is expected through Sunday with highest totals over the mountains and adjacent foothills.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
From $600 Book now Tucked away in the foothills of the Alps, Grand Resort Bad Ragaz has been welcoming guests since 1869.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
The property sat on 11 acres of remote forest in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, about an hour southwest of Denver.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
It's nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and home to small business entrepreneurs, artists and activists.
—Sasha Hupka, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
From $600 Book now Tucked away in the foothills of the Alps, Grand Resort Bad Ragaz has been welcoming guests since 1869.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
The property sat on 11 acres of remote forest in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, about an hour southwest of Denver.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
It's nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and home to small business entrepreneurs, artists and activists.
—Sasha Hupka, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foothill
Noun
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Supporters of the two-shooter theory cite eyewitness accounts, forensic evidence, and government documents suggesting gunfire came from the grassy knoll in Dealey Plaza, not just the Texas School Book Depository, where Oswald was stationed.—
Martha McHardy,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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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 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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The shock is not the expanse alone but the density, the way every hillock and cavern is filled with incident and variety.—
Gabriel Winslow-Yost,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Sep. 2024
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The entrance is through a structure that could be a brutalist one-car garage dug into a hillock.—
Patricia Marx,
The New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2024
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The expansive preserve is known for its forested uplands, canyon rims, boulders, sandstone cliffs, breathtaking bluffs, and mesmerizing waterfalls.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 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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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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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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Isn’t a life without mountains of money better than a life monopolized by misery?—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 Feb. 2025
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Why Communication And Transparency Matter Even as benefit mentions plateau, clear communication remains essential in bridging the gap between employer expectations and what candidates want.—
Cynthia Pong, JD,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Engineers moved earth and gravel from the mountains to rebuild the city center on a manmade plateau more than 20 feet high.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Its retro design, which skips a color screen for a slim digital display set below tactile knobs, stokes nostalgia while delivering excellent sound quality.—
Parker Hall,
WIRED,
30 Jan. 2025
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The crystal shifter and twist knob ignition are also nice touches.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Foothill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foothill. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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