hummock
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We came across Dow Finsterwald standing alone on a hummock overlooking the course.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 9, 2020
It had just been a flash against the silhouette of a shadowy hummock.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2019
Skeptically watching their training exercise, he steps on a hummock and is taken aback when the ground below him speaks.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2017
They wanted him to protect Pelican Island, a 5-acre hummock near Vero Beach, Fla., at the mouth of the Indian River.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2013
Kino moved next to the hummock, and then, beside it, under a little overhang, he saw a very large oyster lying by itself, not covered with its clinging brothers.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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