hilly
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The film revels in languid establishing shots of the Santa Clara Valley, with the hilly Diablo Range in the background.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
He lives on-site, working 365 days a year running the Yamaroku Soy Sauce brewing house on the hilly Shodoshima Island in Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
This is because some polling stations are located in difficult, hilly terrain – more than 80% of Nepal is mountainous – which makes the collection of ballot boxes a challenging logistical exercise.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
Mamlekate also posted videos, apparently shot in the hilly parts of northern Tehran, with the chants resounding around the area.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Then I walked out of the wrinkly hilly part and out of the trees and into the bright dusty sun, around all those rows of grapevines, following the fence down near the street.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
Hydrants functioned at lower elevations, but in hillier areas like the Palisades Highlands — where the storage tanks hold water that flows by gravity to communities below — they ran dry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
In hillier areas, landslides destroyed roads and bridges collapsed.
From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2023
At least an inch and a half of rain fell in San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles, while amounts reached 3 to 6 inches in some of the hillier terrain in Northern California.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2023
The Met Office said: "Some hillier parts, perhaps especially across Lothian and Borders, could perhaps see around 50mm, this falling onto wet ground, increasing the possibility of a few flooding problems."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2022
Starting from the sandy southern point, the island grew wider and greener and hillier until it finally jutted up into the rocky cone of the mountain.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
Long nature walks are more my speed, so I took the bionic legs on San Francisco’s hilliest trails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Buses will travel on roads that receive regular treatment and that avoid the county’s hilliest areas.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
One of the deepest subway stations in one of the hilliest parts of New York City is now home to a subterranean hike.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2022
So we called around Los Angeles to find the hilliest course with steep and smooth cartpaths, and found Braemar Country Club.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 21, 2018
That Boulogne road is one of the hilliest in France, and Susan was a nailer on hills.
From Fanny Goes to War by Washington, Pat Beauchamp
