knoll
Example Sentences
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Homeless people live in or around the park, many sleeping on the grassy knolls by the water.
From Los Angeles Times
“They were shots fired from different grassy knolls,” Mr. Cogdell said in an interview.
From New York Times
During the afternoon, we sprawled out on a grassy knoll by the beach.
From Los Angeles Times
For Kennedy assassination followers, the allegation inevitably brings to mind the purported second shooter on the “grassy knoll” in Dallas’ Dealey Plaza on Nov. 22, 1963.
From Los Angeles Times
Finally, a driver came to the rescue, jumping out of his car and racing onto the knoll, baiting the turkey to give chase.
From Seattle Times
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