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Recent Examples of hillock
Take, for example, a bowl of artichoke purée poured around a hillock of tender Jonah crab.
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Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
Terrazzo slabs of terrine with good brown bread and a hillock of cornichons.
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The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
Terrazzo slabs of terrine with good brown bread and a hillock of cornichons.
—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hillock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hillock
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As visitors like Fulkerson settled into folding chairs arranged along the same grassy knoll where John Brown and his followers fought their way into the red-brick armory, Kerwin rose, stepped to the microphone and looked out at the crowd gathered before her.
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About a mile north of Hereford High School on York Road is a grassy knoll rolling down to the Gunpowder River.
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Visitors can pair the park with a stop along the American River or a drive through nearby foothill towns.
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The heat will also impact Sacramento, Modesto, Merced, Fresno and surrounding foothill communities.
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The lid has a silicone seal around the rim to keep everything fresh, and it’s topped with a glass knob for an elegant finish.
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Climate controls are operated via knobs below the center of the dashboard.
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Photos also helped the DNR better understand trends in the lives of many mammals and upland birds such as wild turkeys.
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With seven miles of shoreline, the 892-acre park has plenty of space to explore tidal wetlands interspersed with farmland and upland forests.
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Three extraordinary new books, published this year, shed light on the brilliance and complexity of Morrison’s life and work, and place her as an American eminence, a visionary who saw fiction as a means through which to recast her country’s story.
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For much of the past week, all that Colombia had been able to agree upon was the pre-eminence of Luis Diaz, who remained a whirling dervish throughout the match as his side’s outstanding player.
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The Simbari people of Papua New Guinea’s eastern highlands separate boys from their mothers around the age of nine.
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The Macallan Importantly, this is the first time that Macallan fans will be able to have this type of experience without going through global travel retail or venturing into the heart of the remote Scottish highlands.
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Whether your itinerary is packed with sweaty mountain hikes, relaxing beach days, or bopping around wine bars, staying cool is essential in summer heatwaves.
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That caught the attention of vineyard consultant Ken Swegles, who subsequently put him to work during harvest at dozens of small sites throughout the mountains.
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“Hillock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hillock. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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