foothill
Americannoun
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foothills
plural
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
In the L.A. area, there could be 1 to 2 inches of rain on the coast and in the valleys, with 2 to 4 inches possible in the mountains and foothill areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025
We’re only down in the aqueduct for half an hour before we emerge and follow a foothill road far enough from civilization to be beyond most roadblocks.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
When pandemic travel restrictions eased in late 2021, the three founders gathered for planning sessions and some hiking in Kasauli, a small town in India’s Himalayan foothills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Areas of particular concern include the foothills of the San Joaquin Valley and the region’s lower mountain areas, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The extreme heat warning stretches across the foothills between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles counties and inland deserts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Graham hails from the northwestern corner of South Carolina known as the “Golden Triangle” and “the foothills of the mountains.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Min’s house backed onto the beginnings of the foothills and their brushy growth, which gave way to pine-wooded mountains beyond.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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