hills
Britishplural noun
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a hilly and often remote region
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very old
Example Sentences
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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
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