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"I've been on this hill from I was 10 years of age, it means something to me. It means a lot to my constituents here in Upper Bann," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

One-hit product wonders have a steep hill to climb.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The stone structure and the hill are popular with walkers, with the walk taking about two to three hours to complete.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

It’s also a good way to get daily exercise walking or jogging up the hill beyond school dorms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

When I reach the top of the last hill of the course, I yell out, “I’m going to run a half-marathon!”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Dramatic footage showed burning homes and thick smoke billowing from the tinder-dry bushy hills, where the quick-spreading fire is fueled by intense Santa Ana winds, low humidity and unseasonably high temperatures.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Stryker armored combat vehicles rolled down the hills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The main residence spans 5,035 square feet and features four bedrooms and five bathrooms, along with a wraparound porch with unencumbered views of the surrounding Tennessee hills.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

“You’ll either be terrified and run for the hills or you’ll see the beauty in all of it,” Kelly shared on “The Drew Barrymore Show” in November 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The sun was setting behind the brilliant green hills of the Andean countryside.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

There was little work for Paul to do in the village; but he kept their own garden in good trim—the onion-bed clear of weeds, and the potatoes well hilled.

From Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various

They are usually hilled up pretty well after starting to grow well.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson

When the plants were about knee high they were "hilled up," as the Indian had done his corn, or the Englishman his cabbage, and considered "laid by."

From Tobacco in Colonial Virginia "The Sovereign Remedy" by G. Melvin Herndon

And when he was come to behold the land, he let make above the table of silver a chest of gold and of precious stones, that hilled the Holy Vessel.

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Sir Thomas Malory

I think I hilled those spuds, too, with furrows—or a crop of Indian corn I put in later on.

From Joe Wilson and His Mates by Henry Lawson

Prevailing industry practices often involve the concentrated application of fertilizers during the planting or hilling phases, particularly in Atlantic Canada.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2023

At the usual first hilling time, Dowding pulls a little nearby compost around each plant in a minimound, later adding more from the heap as the plants need hilling again.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

He mentions that the Potawatomi word for “hill” is a verb: “Hills are always in the process of hilling, they are actively being hills.”

From New York Times ● May 27, 2020

On an afternoon in March, Loïc Gouzer, a specialist in contemporary art at Christie’s New York, attended a hilling session to survey several works that had been secured for an upcoming auction.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 27, 2016

And we all heard him say in reply— "The potatoes need hilling, and then you'll feel like having a dip in the pool."

From The Master of the Inn by Robert Herrick