hill
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Scottish Mountaineering Club requires climbers to reach 1,072 summits across six different hill classifications to complete the "full house".
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The house is semi-secluded against a lush hill, beneath the actual Mulholland Drive, and has a subtle chevron pattern detail that runs throughout the house, similar to the floor of the “Twin Peaks” red room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The same scenes of excitement played out on Barcelona's iconic Montjuic hill, where hundreds of people had arranged to meet to enjoy the event.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Many of its tributaries originate in the surrounding hill states, while flood-control measures are largely planned within Assam.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
But at the top of the hill we turned left, toward the center of the small town.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
That offhand vision has since expanded into Canyon View Ranch, a five-acre luxury retreat tucked into the hills of Topanga that its clients refer to as Disneyland for canines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Ample windows and three distinct outdoor spaces connect the dwelling to the world around it—including views of the Silver Lake Reservoir and San Gabriel mountains—while its tucked-away location in the hills creates space for solitude.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Wyn Williams keeps a flock of 700 sheep on the hills above Llanfair Caereinion in Powys and said it could be an expensive business.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
"People were panicking, running here and there. We're evacuating for the time being... and trying to get to the hills," he said, adding: "My family is safe. No one was harmed."
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
When Mama discovered that the moss was actually growing in the soft clay, she told everyone in the hills about it.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Beans should not be much hilled in hoeing, and should never be worked when wet.
From Soil Culture by J. H. Walden
When the plants were about knee high they were "hilled up," as the Indian had done his corn, or the Englishman his cabbage, and considered "laid by."
From Tobacco in Colonial Virginia "The Sovereign Remedy" by G. Melvin Herndon
These were immediately taken on board, and consisted of two sheep, an elk ready hilled, and a few fowls, with some vegetables and fruit.
They are usually hilled up pretty well after starting to grow well.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson
The corn, as soon as shot out of the earth, is weeded: when it mounts up, and its stalks are an inch big, it is hilled, to secure it against the wind.
From History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing by Le Page du Pratz
That hilling up promotes leeks with longer white shanks.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Prevailing industry practices often involve the concentrated application of fertilizers during the planting or hilling phases, particularly in Atlantic Canada.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2023
He mentions that the Potawatomi word for “hill” is a verb: “Hills are always in the process of hilling, they are actively being hills.”
From New York Times ● May 27, 2020
On an afternoon in March, Loïc Gouzer, a specialist in contemporary art at Christie’s New York, attended a hilling session to survey several works that had been secured for an upcoming auction.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 27, 2016
The narrow or hilling hoe follows the operation of the sprouting hoe.
From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by E. R. Billings
