cliff
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But as Freddie points out to her students, that cliff has always been there.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
“It’s been great,” Collins, 21, said as he waxed his board atop a six-foot-high sand cliff that’s edging ever closer to $20 million oceanfront homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Conservationists hope the move will provide a vital safeguard for the future of a plant that now survives in the wild as a single tree clinging to a cliff face.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The couple met in college and dated for three years before getting engaged on a cliff in Ibiza, Spain, according to the couple’s wedding website.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Clinging together, they ran, or were blown, through the woods, and eventually came up against a great, rocky cliff that shimmered in the pounding rain.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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They took rock samples from cliffs for further analysis.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
I’m at a point in my own life where much of my time is consumed by this very thought, facing forks in the road that feel more like cliffs.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
The site includes a central uplift as well as high cliffs displaying columnar jointing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
She loved Caló des Moro, a beach nestled between steep cliffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The front edge of the glacier was made up of frozen cliffs that towered above the waves, and high up, on one of those cliffs, was Roz.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - High School
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