foothill
Americannoun
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foothills
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noun
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Origin of foothill
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For Pant's family in the sleepy Himalayan foothill town of Ramnagar, his arrest has brought those fears sharply into focus.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
It was built by volunteers from Sierra Madre, a small foothill town that narrowly escaped the worst of the Eaton fire, which destroyed swaths of Altadena in January.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
The controversy over the Club America chapter at Twelve Bridges has roiled the community of Lincoln, a foothill city about 25 miles northeast of Sacramento.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
County, the weather service predicts total rainfall of 0.75 to 1.5 inches in coastal and valley areas and from 2 to 4 inches in foothill and mountain areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
The foothill cup of the home ranch below him was sunny and safe.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
Residents can expect another round of uncomfortable nights as moisture will keep overnight temperatures in the 70s with some 80s in the foothills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Clive Valentine, who built a traditional gristmill in Dandridge, in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, sees hope.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
It described her as having an "iron fist under the velvet glove", and observed that she knew how to "cut down Himalayan egos to the height of foothills".
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Emma Gao started growing Cabernet Sauvignon in the sandstorm-swept foothills of China’s Ningxia region in 2007.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Once more they started, crawling from hollow to hollow, flitting behind such cover as they could find, but moving always in a slant towards the foothills of the northern range.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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