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cliff

[klif] / klɪf /


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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

That doesn’t mean the ability of 38-year-old Stafford appears to be falling off a cliff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The team successfully lifted the hiker off the cliff and transported them to an awaiting ambulance.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

When the rain came, it lashed down in curtains, drumming into the cliff and drenching the little islet.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

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

It will surely not get much better than the first sight of the white cliffs of Dover.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

She loved Caló des Moro, a beach nestled between steep cliffs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

The cliffs got closer, and he could see the islet shrouded in a veil of slashing rain and gray sludge.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook




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