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Recent Examples of hillock
This year, Novotny’s fields atop a hillock in Chatfield are one of the test plots for camelina.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
As the moon shines through dips in the nearby hillock, its light streams into the central circle and down the length of the avenue.
—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
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
As the moon shines through dips in the nearby hillock, its light streams into the central circle and down the length of the avenue.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hillock
Noun
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From late April onward, the grassy knolls around Cortina, aka the Pearl of the Dolomites, spring to life.—
Ashlea Halpern,
AFAR Media,
6 Mar. 2025
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The clubhouse sits on a knoll over a four-acre peninsula, surrounded by water.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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Wind gusts between 55 mph and 70 mph are forecast throughout Monday for Colorado’s mountains, foothills and Front Range, according to a Hazardous Weather Outlook from the National Weather Service.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
24 Mar. 2025
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But one month after the wildfire consumed more than 9,400 residences and 14,000 acres in the foothill community north of downtown Los Angeles, the first vacant lot sold for $550,000 cash, $100,000 above the asking price.—
Iris Kim,
NBC news,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The propane tank was also easy to attach with a large knob for tightening.—
Carrie Honaker,
Southern Living,
19 Mar. 2025
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The dashboard shape and control locations are unchanged, including the curious positioning of the HVAC knobs around the gauge cluster.—
Tim Stevens,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2025
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Instructors will focus on coastal, estuarine, and uplands habitats; coastal plants; and marine invertebrates, birds, mammals, reptiles, and fish.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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The conservation easement secures the land’s upland forests, 26 acres of wetlands, and Naugatuck River headwaters.—
Shelley Harms,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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At Davos Worldwide, his eminence Shyalpa Rinpoche and other global leaders outlined the Four Pillars for Lasting Peace: 1.—
Dr. Adil Dalal,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Still, Valéry’s eminence as a modernist is indisputable.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
The New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The winter weather advisory affects Southwest Idaho highlands, the Owyhee Mountains and the Camas Prairie for slippery roads.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Mar. 2025
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Researchers first discovered the frog in an expedition to the park in 2006 but identified it as another similar species found in the central highlands of Madagascar, herpetologist and evolutionary biologist Mark Scherz wrote in a Feb. 14 post on his website.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2025
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Measurements officials have taken at about 260 sites across the Sierra show that the northern mountains have more snow than the southern areas.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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In 2024, officials implemented the first tourist tax of ¥2,000 (about $13.33) and a visitor limit for the iconic and sacred mountain due to an influx of human traffic jams and littering, USA TODAY previously reported.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Hillock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hillock. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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