hilly
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“In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain,” the agency said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
First-floor master bedrooms are the holy grail in hilly Pittsburgh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
In a hilly village northwest of Budapest, siblings Andras and Blanka Arki have brought a bag of plastic containers and bottles to fill up at a roadside water cart in scorching 41C heat.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The film revels in languid establishing shots of the Santa Clara Valley, with the hilly Diablo Range in the background.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
They led to someplace called Garbo Mansion in the hilly part of town.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
In hillier areas, landslides destroyed roads and bridges collapsed.
From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2023
That adds a degree of difficulty for him at the Masters, where the terrain is far hillier than it looks on TV, and the fickle weather can play a role in hastening the fatigue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
At least an inch and a half of rain fell in San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles, while amounts reached 3 to 6 inches in some of the hillier terrain in Northern California.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2023
The Met Office said: "Some hillier parts, perhaps especially across Lothian and Borders, could perhaps see around 50mm, this falling onto wet ground, increasing the possibility of a few flooding problems."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2022
Somewhere in the mountains of Virginia, where the road grew narrower and hillier, Maribel complained that her stomach hurt.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
Long nature walks are more my speed, so I took the bionic legs on San Francisco’s hilliest trails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Buses will travel on roads that receive regular treatment and that avoid the county’s hilliest areas.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
One of the deepest subway stations in one of the hilliest parts of New York City is now home to a subterranean hike.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2022
So we called around Los Angeles to find the hilliest course with steep and smooth cartpaths, and found Braemar Country Club.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 21, 2018
To one living in the hilliest and most picturesque part of Hampshire and Sussex this first glimpse came as a disappointment.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
