hill
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This means that your savings have a steeper hill to climb: a longer-than-expected lifespan can put considerable strain on even a well-funded plan, increasing exposure to market volatility, inflation, taxes and healthcare costs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
He is the loudest possible proof that you do not need a gun to be the bravest man on the hill.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Don’t fix something that isn’t broken,” said Ginger Wallis, 50 years old, who lives at the base of a hill covered in flammable grass, her eyes flashing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Every summer since 2009, residents have gathered on this hill for a kite festival, held on land they say has been partly lost after being confiscated by settlers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
If anyone thought I’d be reluctant to move out of the mansion on the hill and into student housing, they’d be wrong.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“Set against a backdrop of rolling hills, this thoughtfully upgraded residence delivers a lifestyle defined by comfort, connection, and effortless indoor-outdoor flow,” the listing notes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
The Minions restage the most famous stunts of Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton and provide an alternative history of how the famous Hollywoodland sign in the hills got shortened to Hollywood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Before her death in 1993, Mabel McKay — one of the last living dreamers of the Pomo Indian people — shared a prophecy while driving through the Sonoma hills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
If I were Rhaena, I’d run for the hills too.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
We left the forest and were now in open country, with far-off hills on the horizon and a moon.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
They are set at the distance of three or four feet apart, and are hilled, and kept continually free from weeds.
Master of the games of the fair hilled Taillten, King of Tara of a hundred conflicts; Chief of Fodla the noble, Aed of Oileac who died too soon.
From Ireland, Historic and Picturesque by Johnston, Charles
Holes were then to be dug at least 8 feet apart, one foot square, and one foot deep, and in each two or three roots planted and well hilled up.
From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)
The potatoes were growing finely and he hilled them up for the first time.
From Hiram the Young Farmer by Todd, Burbank L.
At the end of the second season the vines should be pruned to about three eyes or buds, and the soil hilled up around them so as to cover them up completely.
From The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines by Husmann, George
That hilling up promotes leeks with longer white shanks.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
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
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
If it is to be blanched in the field, the distance between the rows should be greater, so that more loose soil will be available for hilling.
From Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them by Anonymous
