hinterlands

Example Sentences

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Philo subscribers can watch it on demand, and episodes can still be encountered on a hunt through the cable hinterlands.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

She demonstrated her skill and courage while on the run from Nazi snipers in the hinterlands of Croatia and Slovenia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

I had not seen another person for quite a while as I biked deeper into the hinterlands of the island, connecting to East End Light Road.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025

To call them weird, to banish them to the monstrous hinterlands, is to claw back the ability to define whether behavior is prosocial or antisocial, to determine what principles we should be conforming to.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024

Even after the conquistadors seized Qosqo, the empire regrouped in the hinterlands, where it fought off Spanish forces for another forty years.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann