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
Then, as the waves were still pounding, a fire broke out in the city’s bushy foothills Friday, quickly burning toward hillside neighborhoods and destroying homes in nearby San Juan Capistrano.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Miranda also referenced that difficult period during Friday's mission, when the players had to collect and assemble parts of Easter Island-like statues on a rainy hillside.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 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
The old city walls wove in and out of the hillside like stone thread through a green cloth.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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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
City crews have also been clearing more than 31,000 catch basins and drainage systems and inspecting and reinforcing vulnerable hillsides and burn areas, including Pacific Palisades, Bass said in a statement.
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
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
It was October, and the hillsides were awash in oranges and yellows and reds and greens.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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