hillside
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Cucinelli, 72, grew up in poverty on an Umbrian hillside in central Italy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Rescue efforts for others feared trapped in the debris after a hillside above the Orthodox Church monastery collapsed in the early hours of Monday morning have now been halted.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The house is on a hillside, and I have high ceilings and plenty of wall space for my art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
For a few hours, however, the hillside takes on the air of a village fair.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
She managed to glide to earth and made a crash landing on a hillside, where local people greeted her armed with pitchforks, sticks, and rifles—they’d thought her falling plane might be a German fighter.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
The wind-driven Sandy fire in Simi Valley, fueled by dry brush along hillsides, has scorched nearly 1,400 acres.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Drawing on Spain's sunny plains, windy hillsides and fast-flowing rivers, the country aims to increase the share of electricity generated by renewables to 81 percent by 2030, up from around 60 percent today.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
They are commonly found in the south and south-west of England, western Wales and Scotland and their habitats include sand dunes, rocky hillsides, moorland and woodland edges.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
They ejected over 100-foot trees and on muddy hillsides with 45-degree slopes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Far back the fields were squares of green and brown on the hillsides.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
