downhill
Example Sentences
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The rupture of a 3-foot-wide trunk line Thursday morning sent 17 million gallons of water into a West Hollywood neighborhood, from the Sunset Strip downhill beyond Santa Monica Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
"But it had to happen, it did happen, it was just downhill from there."
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
And then it’s been kind of going downhill and I feel like people pay these taxes for no services is what it gets down to,” he told Fox News.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Pumped-storage systems store water in reservoirs at different elevations, releasing water to generate electricity but catching it in downhill basins, then pumping it back up during periods of low power demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
“We don’t even know where we are, let alone why. It’s worse than rolling downhill in the dark.”
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
