hillside
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Miranda also referenced that difficult period during Friday's mission, when the players had to collect and assemble parts of Easter Island-like statues on a rainy hillside.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
A column of thick smoke, made red by the setting sun, rose over the hillside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
"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
When one executive noticed and ordered the flowers put back in a particular spot, Perea complied there, then made the same swap a little farther down the hillside, out of view.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Nevertheless, she followed; and the companions, at Taran’s urgent command, untethered the horses and ran from the hillside.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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San Clemente Mayor Rick Loeffler said his city has been preparing ahead of fire season, deploying goats to chomp at brush on hillsides and ensuring a steady water supply is available for crews and helicopters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The prospector with his pan and pickax gave way to powerful water cannons that blasted away gold-bearing hillsides, leaving behind incoherent geological arabesques that will likely outlast the pyramids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Officials across Southern California are busy working to shore up hillsides and get flood control systems in place before the rains arrive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Just as they did in Beethoven's time, euphoric revellers still spill out onto the paths of the otherwise sleepy outskirts in the vine-lined Viennese hillsides after a few carafes of white- or red-wine spritzers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
The hillsides are too steep, the road too open, the areas between the road’s double-backs too shallow with shrubs.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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