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Hillock, which is a point of land projecting for two miles into the sea, with a small hillock at its extremity; from which Captain Cook named it; the land rises precipitously behind it to the height of about two thousand feet and forms a mass of bare rocky hills of a singularly grand and imposing appearance.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King
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His name was so at variance to his size that we called him "Hillock," for short.
The Scientific American Boy The Camp at Willow Clump Island A. Russell Bond
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I tell patients, 20% of the outcome is the technical stuff I do in the surgery, and 80% is them, said Hillock, the Las Vegas surgeon.
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Dr. Ronald Hillock, an orthopedic surgeon in a large practice in Las Vegas that does about 4,000 joint replacements a year, sees the demand from patients.
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“(Isolated) Hillock of Badá,” a low ridge of naked grey granite, much scaled and pigeon-holed.
The Land of Midian 2003
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Sand Hill, D, (conical hill), S.E. ½ E.; South Wind Hillock, (a. saddle hill), S. ¾ E.; the remarkable sand patch, S.W. ½ W.;
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But on behalf of Hillock and Bradskey (ph) Company and the Louisville Slugger Museum, we'd like to present you with your personalized Louisville slugger baseball bat.
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Angry enough to rush full - tilt around their Hillock, perhaps.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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Grinning hugely, Deputy Dave slid his Squire all the way around his own Hillock.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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He looked back at the board and moved a man around to the side of his Hillock.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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