hillock
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Father Luget, Mr Halliday says, claimed to have seen the light over a hillock in the rectory garden and to have seen the Crucifixion above it and the Virgin Mary kneeling before it.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2023
WINTHROP, Okanogan County — On a rocky hillock crowned with lupine and yarrow, Methow Conservancy Executive Director Sarah Brooks surveyed the Sunny M Ranch on the eve of a historic land deal.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023
In the afternoon, we reached the bottom and waited on a hillock for Aidano to drive us to Lengai Safari Lodge.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023
Railway workers are planning to build a sandy hillock there where the badgers can dig their homes.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2023
Wari camped atop Cerro Baul and a neighboring hillock, Cerro Mejia.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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