foothills
- plural of foothill.
Example Sentences
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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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