hillside
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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
Much of San Clemente’s hillside communities, past the 5 Freeway, are classified as being in high or very high fire hazard zones, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Picture a developer trying to build a hillside home; a commission that’s wary of such projects could reject it, while another commission that leans more pro-housing could approve it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Lost? Us? Shoot, we’re on this scrubby patch of dirt on this hillside. Maybe we don’t know where exactly this hillside is, but I’m sure we’ll be fine, just fine.”
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
Then, the southern Orange County city faced a new climate-fueled emergency last week, this one in its inland hillsides, where the Norte fire quickly burned toward hillside neighborhoods and destroyed six homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
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
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
Nepali authorities are blasting into hillsides to try and reach those trapped, with a controlled blast carried out at the Trishuli site in an attempt to open up access in the early hours of Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
At the feet of the trees, and all about the green hillsides the grass was studded with small golden flowers shaped like stars.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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