hills
Britishplural noun
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a hilly and often remote region
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very old
Example Sentences
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Trefor sits beneath the twin peaks of The Rivals - the steep hills that mark the entrance to the northern side of the Llyn Peninsula.
From BBC
In the seven decades since the American Revolution, these rolling hills had produced social revolutions by the dozens.
From Literature
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The way to Handsome’s place passed between two long but short hills, now completely covered in fresh sparkly snow.
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When Mama discovered that the moss was actually growing in the soft clay, she told everyone in the hills about it.
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Armed with nothing but a crowbar and shovel in the hills of Somaliland, Ahmed Ibrahim hacks away at rocks where he and fellow miners have already found tonnes of lithium.
From Barron's
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