hills
Britishplural noun
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a hilly and often remote region
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very old
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Dramatic footage showed burning homes and thick smoke billowing from the tinder-dry bushy hills, where the quick-spreading fire is fueled by intense Santa Ana winds, low humidity and unseasonably high temperatures.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
As I drove across the state line, I saw similar landscapes—rolling hills and vivid fall leaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The main residence spans 5,035 square feet and features four bedrooms and five bathrooms, along with a wraparound porch with unencumbered views of the surrounding Tennessee hills.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
The New Zealand landscape does echo the rolling hills of Central California, in a dry season, but it’s a dreary vision, hardly the paradise of Steinbeck’s memory, book or metaphor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The dogs fairly hum with energy as we slide gleefully down the final hills into the checkpoint just before we go out on the ice and it is the end of day thirteen.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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