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On the hill above them, the local mosque was calling on people to help the family trapped by the settlers.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

An AFP team in the village saw Israeli military vehicles operating on a nearby hill.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

It should be noted, however, that before construction began, Universal Studios did place speakers on its old special effects and stunt buildings to see how noise traveled down the hill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

The next hill to conquer is social control.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

From the crest of the hill we saw it, like a vast scar on the green German landscape; a city of low gray barracks surrounded by concrete walls on which guard towers rose at intervals.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Authorities said they hadn’t yet pinpointed a cause for the Dove fire, which burned in the hills southwest of Sonora — a town outside of Yosemite National Park in southern Tuolumne County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

"A fire is devastating. People who want to come will come anyway. But it’s not the same seeing the green hills as seeing them completely desolate and black."

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

“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

There was a great big tree house that overlooked the hills of the highlands and the ruins.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

It was better to have possession of the imperial seven hilled city, than of Gethsemane and Calvary with all their holy souvenirs.

From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William

Beans should not be much hilled in hoeing, and should never be worked when wet.

From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.

The potatoes were growing finely and he hilled them up for the first time.

From Hiram the Young Farmer by Todd, Burbank L.

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

In cultivating I keep the surface level, as they do better if kept in this way than if they are hilled up.

From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

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

Jim laughed a little himself, resuming his work, and hauling the dirt up faster around the potatoes he was hilling.

From I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success by Roe, Azel Stevens