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hillside

[hil-sahyd] / ˈhɪlˌsaɪd /




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Large areas of hillside have also been observed turning green again as grasses, bracken and blaeberry begin to make a comeback.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

More than £1m is to be spent on nature recovery projects, including the restoration of habitats destroyed by a fire which ripped through a huge area of hillside in the Cairngorms.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The evacuation zones include a swath of hillside neighborhoods bordered by the 5 Freeway, Ortega Highway and Avenida La Pata.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Arguably the biggest change is to Area Planning Commissions, a group of seven volunteer-led boards that hear cases from homeowners, developers and businesses and make rulings on liquor licenses, hillside developments and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

On a hillside behind Otsuchi, a telephone booth sits amid the long grass and flowers in a sunny garden overlooking the town.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

The prospector with his pan and pickax gave way to powerful water cannons that blasted away gold-bearing hillsides, leaving behind incoherent geological arabesques that will likely outlast the pyramids.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Worth Girvan supports SB 79 but would advocate for local carve-outs for hillsides and high fire-severity zones to better balance the need for housing and community safety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Officials across Southern California are busy working to shore up hillsides and get flood control systems in place before the rains arrive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Bukavu, on the shores of Lake Kivu, is known for its wooden houses built on hillsides, where deadly fires often break out.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

The retreat house was a little ways out of the village down a path through flower-dotted hillsides.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez


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