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hillside

[hil-sahyd] / ˈhɪlˌsaɪd /




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"Instead of water, oil comes out," said retired military officer Hector Valero Balestrini, gesturing toward a hillside where crude oozes naturally from the ground.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

A garden hose had been overflowing the pool above the hillside for an “unknown amount of time” when it caused the flooding and subsequent collapse, according to the Fire Department’s 5 p.m. update.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Yet somebody still watches, from the hillside and from the past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

A missing man who had been arrested for a DUI and released was quickly reported missing, only to be found dead a week later on a hillside near the Santa Barbara County Jail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

She’d pounded on the door, begging to be let in, then she’d run up the hillside to the house.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Officials across Southern California are busy working to shore up hillsides and get flood control systems in place before the rains arrive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Just as they did in Beethoven's time, euphoric revellers still spill out onto the paths of the otherwise sleepy outskirts in the vine-lined Viennese hillsides after a few carafes of white- or red-wine spritzers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

But rain was on the way, which would sweep massive amounts of sediment from the denuded hillsides into the water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

The roads climb and twist around steep hillsides, while the subway trundles underneath and then through layers of buildings.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

It led to wooden steps built up to a lookout tower that gave a view of the deep valley and the surrounding hillsides.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart




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