as in mountain
a small hill
a grassy knoll
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Recent Examples of knoll
The knolls are crowned with scrub oak and the slopes are swept bare from a long-ago fire.
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024
Families would spread picnic blankets across the grassy knolls as bikers safely pedaled down paths devoid of cars.
—Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
The left arm heads up a craggy knoll for a short trek to an overlook above Paloma Community Park, a nice little diversion.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2024
The entire family lived, learned and worshiped on the campus, perched atop a grassy knoll called Hangman’s Hill.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024
Families would spread picnic blankets across the grassy knolls as bikers safely pedaled down paths devoid of cars.
—Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
The left arm heads up a craggy knoll for a short trek to an overlook above Paloma Community Park, a nice little diversion.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2024
The entire family lived, learned and worshiped on the campus, perched atop a grassy knoll called Hangman’s Hill.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knoll
Noun
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In the mountains, snow will continue to fall throughout the day and overnight Saturday, forecasters said.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
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This past fall, the Bridge Fire burned new patches of the mountains, with flames creeping toward the mountain town of Wrightwood and the ski slopes.Andrew Moseman, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
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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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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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The National Weather service forecast wind gusts of 50 to 80 mph in parts of southern California and up to 100 mph gusts in mountains and foothills last week.Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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This brought surges of powerful winds across the Los Angeles and Ventura County Mountains -- including in some places that don't typically see winds that strong, like Burbank and in the foothills of the Pacific Palisades.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Professional lighting and other wedding decor pieces belong in this category as well, from candles to table displays and other types of signage.Virginia Van Zanten, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
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The pressure falls squarely on the Bengals to remove any drama since by not signing the two stars earlier, all the leverage has shifted to the other side of the table.Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 9 Jan. 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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The country’s upland areas are covered by a patchwork of teams made up of locals from all walks of life.Tristan Kennedy, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2024
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Thailand’s northern mountainous region, known as the Thai highlands, often experiences cooler temperatures than the capital, dipping to an average low of 59 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius) near the city of Chiang Mai in January.Jay Ganglani, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
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That gave rise to the idea that the outer area may have been seasonal quarters for nomads, who took shelter behind the walls with their herds during the twice-yearly trek from lowland to highlands back again.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
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This metal lock has claws that grip onto the strike plate of a door, locking the knob in place once the door is closed.Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
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Are automakers welcoming back physical knobs and switches?Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Knoll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knoll. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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