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cliff

[klif] / klɪf /


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To reach the abbey, visitors must climb the town’s famous 199 steps that rise along the cliff.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

The shot of the car hurtling off the cliff is one of cinema’s most enduring images, illustrating unbreakable friendship, victory and freedom.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

“Over the last several years, we’ve done quite a bit of business development activity, putting products into our business that will help us offset the patent cliff over time.”

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Grimstead meets us on a cliff above Weston Mouth beach in Devon, above the location of another case Operation Locate is trying to solve.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

She held it, as carefully as if it were alive, and watched the needle spin a full circle, until it pointed back up the cliff, back exactly the way she had come.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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