as in mountain
a small hill
a grassy knoll
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Recent Examples of knoll
Your favorite comfortable Connecticut town has a deep Hollywood history, with films ranging from The Music Man to The Lost Boys all relying on those same winding streets and grassy knolls.
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Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
The bending roads and lilting knolls of College Grove, Tennessee, about 45 minutes south of Nashville, are still verdant in the late August heat.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
My Spanish-style duplex sat perched on a knoll just below the Griffith Observatory.
—Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
The widow’s house has become our grassy knoll.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
The bending roads and lilting knolls of College Grove, Tennessee, about 45 minutes south of Nashville, are still verdant in the late August heat.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
My Spanish-style duplex sat perched on a knoll just below the Griffith Observatory.
—Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
The widow’s house has become our grassy knoll.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knoll
Noun
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He was jailed in Nevada City, the seat of Nevada County about an hour’s drive from Truckee on the other side of a 7,000-foot mountain pass.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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The event was put on hold for several minutes as medical professionals tended to Vonn and waited for a helicopter to carry her off the mountain.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Take, for example, a bowl of artichoke purée poured around a hillock of tender Jonah crab.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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Terrazzo slabs of terrine with good brown bread and a hillock of cornichons.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 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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Its hummock was part of a wetland spiked with tamarack saplings and carpeted with wild cranberries.—
Paul A. Smith,
Journal Sentinel,
14 Aug. 2022
Noun
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Tiffany Yap, urban wildlands science director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said in addition, the status upgrade can influence foothill and mountain development land use.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
28 Jan. 2026
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About a third of Californians live in what’s called the wildland-urban-interface, where human settlements overlap with wildlife habitat like forests, mountain foothills or desert open space, Crowfoot said.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Leavitt turns the tables on media outrage as FBI seizes Fulton election documents.—
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FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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All the more remarkable then, that the 1899 lay forgotten for years in a cellar, before eventually ending up on Soo Hoo’s table.—
Pin Yen Tan 9 min ago,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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With an itinerary that can swing from luaus to local restaurants and misty uplands to deep-sea diving, Hawaii demands a packing list as versatile as the islands themselves.—
Natalie Hammond,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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Plants grow naturally in a wide range of habitats, from moist coastal plains, wetlands, and stream banks to drier sand dunes, hillsides, and upland forests.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 Jan. 2026
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Set in the remote highlands of Montenegro, the film tells the story of a shepherd mother and her daughter who proudly defend their ancestral mountain from the threat of becoming a NATO military training ground, stirring memories of past violence that once shattered their family.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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About one hour east, deep within the highlands of the Khotokha Valley, the 20-room Farm Retreat will debut later this year ($800 per night, all-inclusive, two-night minimum).—
Jen Murphy,
Outside,
1 Feb. 2026
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Schrader suggests wiping down cabinetry knobs or pulls, light switches, and doorknobs at least once a month to make your home more sanitary.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2026
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For years, simple pine chests with large, circular knobs have been a dime a dozen at antique stores.—
Heather Bien,
Martha Stewart,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Knoll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knoll. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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