cliff's edge
Example Sentences
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A huge landslide has left Sicilian homes teering on a cliff’s edge.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026
The wall was built to protect several condo complexes perched on the cliff’s edge from landslides.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023
Mr Ramaphosa was widely viewed as a clean, principled figure, who could steer the ANC, and the country, away from the cliff's edge.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2022
The fire caller would yell “let the fire fall,” and the glowing embers from the campfire would be thrown from the cliff’s edge.
From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2019
She stopped and turned back to the cliff’s edge, as if she’d heard something.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
