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Example Sentences
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On your 65th birthday in Ecuador, you reach “tercera edad” status, which translates to “third age” — much kinder than “over the hill” or “out to pasture.”
From MarketWatch
Shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day, a man watched flames spread in the distant hills and called 911.
From Los Angeles Times
Back-to-back stormy winters weakened the slopes beneath portions of the highway and burn scars above it made the hills vulnerable to rockslides.
From Los Angeles Times
Then we saw one person crouching down on a small steep hill, and we immediately stopped and asked if the desert lilies were blooming.
From Los Angeles Times
On a cold grey morning at a border crossing an hour's drive from Gaziantep the hills of Syria are visible, a short distance away.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
