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Recent Examples of hillock
With the Sayre’s prime setting on a hillock, guests have a clear view of the intact former Bethlehem Steel blast furnaces a few miles away.
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John Oseid, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
There were ferric hillocks of oxidized green and chasms that tore through flat earth, at the bottom of which a ribbon of river caught the sunlight.
—Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Just an hour away, in New Canaan, Connecticut, Philip Johnson stowed his private painting gallery beneath a hillock and shut it behind a steel door.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2025
An amalgamation of Hindu and Mughal architectural styles, Amer is perched atop a hillock surrounded by several other ancient structures and historic landmarks.
—Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
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Nestled on 30 private acres in the South Fork of Provo Canyon, the secluded property threads streams and waterfalls beneath stone bridges, across gentle knolls, and under low-hanging eaves, all hinting at a hobbit-house inspiration without ever tipping into twee fantasy.—
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Recanto do Atalaia Hotel At Recanto do Atalaia Hotel, located on Pontal do Atalaia, rooms open onto a grassy knoll with hammocks, palms, and views of the cove.—
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Craters pitted the earth; hummocks rose and fell; downed trees jutted from slash heaps like the spars of shipwrecks.—
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Its hummock was part of a wetland spiked with tamarack saplings and carpeted with wild cranberries.—
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Denise’s family was out on a foothill in a large, modern ranch house.—
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The Shooting The shooting began shortly after 12:30 p.m. at Evergreen High School, about 30 miles west of Denver in the foothills of Jefferson County.—
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Two bills returned into Rafiq’s hand upon his pointing out that the wood panelling on the side of the radio was scratched and that the knob felt rather flimsy.—
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Slip off the control knobs and wash with hot, soapy water.—
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Massive cypress trees and upland hardwood forests frame a landscape shaped by sinkholes and an extensive cave system—more than five miles mapped so far—that earned the park National Natural Landmark status.—
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Key features include a restoration of the river bluff and reintroduction of native plant species, including oak savanna and upland prairie.—
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On an eminence at the heart of the sprawling property, the restaurant overlooks a painter’s delight of fields, woods, and distant hills, a mosaic of brown and gold on this cloudy late-fall day.—
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But the Reverend Franklin Graham, a towering eminence in that community, made a stirring introductory speech.—
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The Napo is home to small communities of Kichwa people, whose ancestors came down from the Andean highlands centuries ago.—
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The shallow freshwater coursed lazily among the sawgrass, the water stretching from the Atlantic Coastal Ridge to the east to the highlands of what is now part of the Big Cypress National Preserve to the west.—
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Estimates show bookings dropped by roughly 50% compared to the same time last year as out-of-town visitors canceled trips when the mountain closed.—
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Hot springs, waterfalls, and gorgeous vista points dot the surrounding mountains, perfect for hours of exploration on foot or by bike.—
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“Hillock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hillock. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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