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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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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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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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Multiple waves of low pressure will traverse this boundary, and this coupled with the Pacific moisture transport and upslope flow/forcing over the higher terrain of the coastal ranges and northern Sierra Nevada foothills should yield as much as an additional 5 to 10 inches of rain.—
Anna Skinner,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 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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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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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
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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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These flowers, highly prized among the world’s perfumers, are grown in one place, mostly: the Al Hajar mountain range.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Hillock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hillock. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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