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On a recent evening, from a seat at the restaurant’s fluted blonde-wood bar, I watched as a blaze of honeyed light poured through a wall of windows overlooking sloping vineyards and the Appalachian foothills.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 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

It was in the foothills of the Dolomite mountains that a three-year-old Jannik Sinner took his first steps towards becoming the world's best player.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Communities in the San Gabriel foothills also saw an uptick in bear sightings in the aftermath of the fire, which charred a sizable chunk of the bruins’ nearby habitat.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

But he looked out the windows and saw the foothills above Asheville slowly moving past below them.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

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