hillock

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Recent Examples of hillock Six rescuers climbed down the hill, while another 50 assisted atop the hillock. Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024 This year, Novotny’s fields atop a hillock in Chatfield are one of the test plots for camelina. 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 See All Example Sentences for hillock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hillock
Noun
  • The clubhouse sits on a knoll over a four-acre peninsula, surrounded by water.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Nestled on a private knoll surrounded by majestic century-old oaks, the estate exudes exclusivity and serenity while remaining just minutes from Highway 24 and Lafayette’s dynamic downtown.
    Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Published on April 3, 2025 By Wendy Bowman Pierre Galant Photo : Pierre Galant Photo : Pierre Galant The home is sited amid a nearly three-acre promontory on the outskirts of Los Angeles, nestled into the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025
  • One monitor, about 11 miles south of the Eaton fire in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, detected 40 times the normal amount of chlorine in the air and 110 times the typical amount of lead in the days following the fires.
    Katharine Gammon, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The knobs on the stove, the refrigerator handles, the drawer pulls, and the kitchen light switches all need a good scrub and disinfecting.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Knobs, cup pulls, bar pulls, drop handles, backplate knobs, latch hardware—there's no shortage of ways to dress your cabinet doors, especially this year.
    Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • But adults going gaga for the Rizzler cannot be what passes for culture in the interim — not least because their endorsement signals to a nation of other impressionable children that asinine eminence is something to aspire to.
    Helen Holmes, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • In 2012, archaeologists uncovered six broken but complete female figurines at a burial site in Guatemala’s western highlands from the Middle Preclassic period.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • However, clamp mounts have a robust design and are suitable for road and mountain riding.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Recent forecasts indicate that, even after the mountain snow melts, Lake Mead and Lake Powell are expected to stay at about one-third of their capacity, the newspaper reported.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025

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“Hillock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hillock. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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