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Recent Examples of cliff
In the settlement, Gripp got their cliff-side Santa Barbara home with its breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean, and his former wife got the nursery.
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Indeed, the whole movie, set in an isolated house in Hawaii perched on the edge of a cliff and surrounded on all other sides by forest, plays out in the dark.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
While cliff rescues are not uncommon along Cornwall’s rugged coastline, the story struck a lighter note, offering a happy ending after what could have been a far more dangerous situation.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Restore the On-Ramps: Inclusive hiring is the only hedge against the demographic cliff.
—Katica Roy, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
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At 5 o’clock the sun dropped behind Steamboat Mountain, a towering escarpment that overshadows the entire area.—
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Tries a first flight from the escarpment, a learner breeze across the valley, and realises – wow!—
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Controlling passage through the palisade were twenty-one ornate gates, spaced approximately fifty kilometers apart, meant not only to curb immigration of Han Chinese and Koreans into Qing lands but also to limit movement of any natural resources out.—
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The palisade walls and structural support beams that hold up the fort are made to look like wood but are constructed of concrete.—
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Even overconfidence is easily understandable at the crag or climbing wall.—
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The climb is infamous for its heart-pumping switchbacks and vertiginous jaunt along a narrow sliver of crag.—
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Carlsbad’s city manager declared a local emergency Wednesday to expedite repairs to a storm drain system on an ocean bluff eroded by recent rains.—
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Start this portion of the Florida National Scenic Trail—the Florida Trail, for short—from Southwest 79th Terrace in Jasper, then hike past cypress trees and limestone bluffs on the nearly eight-mile one-way trip to Holton Creek River Camp.—
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“Cliff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliff. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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