hillside
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"Instead of water, oil comes out," said retired military officer Hector Valero Balestrini, gesturing toward a hillside where crude oozes naturally from the ground.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
“Know the risks where you live,” particularly if you are near a hillside, canyon, recent burn area or an area that can flood, she said, and make an evacuation plan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Yet somebody still watches, from the hillside and from the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
A missing man who had been arrested for a DUI and released was quickly reported missing, only to be found dead a week later on a hillside near the Santa Barbara County Jail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
I heard the stream before I saw it, a great rushing torrent tumbling down off the hillside and into a pool of bright water.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Worth Girvan supports SB 79 but would advocate for local carve-outs for hillsides and high fire-severity zones to better balance the need for housing and community safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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
The city on the shores of Lake Kivu is known for its wooden houses built on hillsides and deadly fires often break out there.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Many face poor living conditions in Bangladesh, living in makeshift homes of tarpaulin and bamboo on steep hillsides.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Clinging to the rocky hillsides and dusty flats above the work site, Shack Town wasn’t much better than a dry, dusty version of Hooverville down on the waterfront in Seattle.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
