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  • noun Plural form of hilltop.

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Examples

  • So, frustrated that Bogotá was a little too tranquila for me, I took a three-day road trip with Martha across the Boyacá province, where the FARC are said to control certain hilltops.

    Finding Peace in Colombia 2009

  • So, frustrated that Bogotá was a little too tranquila for me, I took a three-day road trip with Martha across the Boyacá province, where the FARC are said to control certain hilltops.

    Finding Peace in Colombia 2009

  • The deployment of attack helicopters on Jisr al-Shoghour and the burning of acres of fields and hilltops in the area, as reported by residents of several towns, have represented an escalation in the attacks.

    Syrian Army Retakes Restive Town a Wall Street Journal Reporter 2011

  • Sometimes I think these people never leave the beach or the mountains, what with all the communing with God they do on hilltops, hiking trails and ... did I mention the beach at sunset yet?

    Lillian Daniel: Spiritual But Not Religious? Please Stop Boring Me. Lillian Daniel 2011

  • The deployment of attack helicopters on Jisr al-Shoghour and the burning of acres of fields and hilltops in the area, as reported by residents of several towns, have represented an escalation in the attacks.

    Syrian Army Retakes Restive Town a Wall Street Journal Reporter 2011

  • Through the grimy windowpane she could see Alfie, a bowl of peas that needed shucking forgotten in his lap as his eyes wandered the distant hilltops.

    BACK FROM THE HILLS • by Stef Hall 2009

  • That may not sound terribly entertaining, but its magic is in the feeling of hitting "the zone", seamlessly launching your bird from successive hilltops and soaring fast and high into the sky as a result.

    This week's new games 2011

  • "The red-tiled houses on the hilltops remain as monuments to the fallen peace initiatives of the past," he said in an interview.

    Israeli Settlements Keep Growing As Peace Talks Come And Go AP 2010

  • Many of them were working in the most obscure places you could imagine – dingy factories in India, distant hilltops in Brazil, villages in Central Africa, warehouses in Siberia, mining camps above the Arctic Circle.

    A Conversation with Tom Zoellner, author of The Heartless Stone 2010

  • "The red-tiled houses on the hilltops remain as monuments to the fallen peace initiatives of the past," he said in an interview.

    Israeli Settlements Keep Growing As Peace Talks Come And Go AP 2010

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