knoll

Example Sentences

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“They were shots fired from different grassy knolls,” Mr. Cogdell said in an interview.

From New York Times

During the afternoon, we sprawled out on a grassy knoll by the beach.

From Los Angeles Times

For Kennedy assassination followers, the allegation inevitably brings to mind the purported second shooter on the “grassy knoll” in Dallas’ Dealey Plaza on Nov. 22, 1963.

From Los Angeles Times

Finally, a driver came to the rescue, jumping out of his car and racing onto the knoll, baiting the turkey to give chase.

From Seattle Times

Highway 50, where the Caldor Fire had continued burning out of control toward Lake Tahoe, Safford parked his SUV and scrambled up a rocky knoll to point out a slope barren of trees.

From Seattle Times