hillside
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On a Turkish hillside overlooking the olive-covered slopes outside Izmir is a cave known to generations of locals as the place where Homer penned "The Odyssey".
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
“From here we could see how the buildings fell,” said Jimena Cangrejo, who lives on a steep hillside with a view of much of Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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
Residents said they heard a loud blast from the direction of Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, at about 12:30 BST, and then "huge amounts of water" started rushing down the hillside.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Dad points to the smallest break in a dense hillside of bushes.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
With his troops dug in on surrounding hillsides, the blockade lasted 1,425 days.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Just as they did in Beethoven's time, euphoric revellers still spill out onto the paths of the otherwise sleepy outskirts in the vine-lined Viennese hillsides after a few carafes of white- or red-wine spritzers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
The roads climb and twist around steep hillsides, while the subway trundles underneath and then through layers of buildings.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
The grasslands and hillsides act as a vast, uncluttered canvas for their colors, which typically bloom in March and last through April.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
North of Kaan, half a dozen small cities improved agricultural conditions by lifting up entire fields and carving out rain-retaining terraces on dry hillsides.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
