molehill
Example Sentences
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Chris Ryley, who co-runs the pub, said "a mountain has been made out of a molehill" and that the dolls were "part of our history".
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2023
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi -- from every mountainside.
From Fox News ● Jan. 17, 2022
In another, two moles stare at a mountain in the distance, and one says, “It started out as a molehill, but then I just kept going.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
A molehill is even said to have caused the death of William of Orange, who was thrown from a horse that tripped over one.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2019
And he was busy anagramming anything odd—any odd night, handy dog tin, doing thy DNA—when Colin did his DNA proud: he stumbled on a molehill and fell.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
