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hills

British  
/ hɪlz /

plural noun

  1. a hilly and often remote region

  2. very old

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But it lies along the San Andreas fault in the usually dry hills between Bakersfield and Santa Maria, far from Interstate 5 or U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

He's been walking up hills and carrying trees.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The effort involved C-130 refueling and cargo planes and H-60 helicopters that took off and began flying low and slow over the brush-covered hills of Iran, according to videos verified by The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Most armed insurgents were limited to central Chhattisgarh state's Bastar region, a vast mineral-rich sprawl of dense forests and hills, roughly the size of The Netherlands.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

People in the Cherokee hills were so scared of hydrophobia they didn’t talk about it in loud voices.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls