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hill country

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noun

  1. (in North Island) elevated pasture land for sheep or cattle

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With me in the right seat looking like Chewbacca in the asteroid field, Dave utterly thrashed the Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet assigned to us, attacking the granite-toothed switchbacks of the Andalusian hill country like he hated them.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the raid, a Texas trooper secured a search warrant that allowed law enforcement officers to breach the home, an Airbnb rental on a vast stretch of land in the Hill Country.

From Salon

“We have 30 acres and live up in what they call ‘Hill Country,’” he told the outlet.

From MarketWatch

Water rushed into cabins and devastated the Christian girls camp and surrounding areas in Texas Hill Country.

From The Wall Street Journal

With Doug Sahm, Augie Meyers and fellow Tejano chingón Freddy Fender, Jiménez formed the Texas Tornadoes, whose oeuvre blasts at every third-rate barbecue joint from the Texas Hill Country to Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times