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Recent Examples of cliff
The area’s geography of tall seaside cliffs and sharp mountain ridges can contribute to turbulent air and quick weather changes that pose hazards for aviation.
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Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Animated features don’t always experience the same cliff.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
In the footage, a firefighter can be seen rappelling down a cliff to reach the woman, while other firefighters secure the rope cables at the top of the cliff.
—Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
As Milwaukee's office dedicated to preventing violence stares down a funding cliff, the appointment of its next leader is mired in uncertainty.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 26 Mar. 2026
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Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Animated features don’t always experience the same cliff.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
In the footage, a firefighter can be seen rappelling down a cliff to reach the woman, while other firefighters secure the rope cables at the top of the cliff.
—Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
As Milwaukee's office dedicated to preventing violence stares down a funding cliff, the appointment of its next leader is mired in uncertainty.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliff
Noun
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Just as the sun prepared to sink beyond the escarpments, its rays struck every piece of the fractured glass resting on top of the window frames, alighting all of them at once, as if they were shot with electricity.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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As the sun dropped and the temperature fell, Scarabeo Roches Noires emerged on the horizon, a small cluster of white tents perched on a rocky escarpment.—
Fergus Scholes,
TheWeek,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In an ideal world the palisades would have their own mayor and police department.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Dan shone his flashlight in the crags of a rock wall, and the antennae of hundreds of spiny lobsters waved in its beam.—
Betsy Andrews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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Her travels are usually inspired by mountain bike trails, classic crags, and whatever is happening in the sky.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Iran is exposing the limits of a presidency built on bluff, improvisation and submission rituals.—
Fareed Zakaria,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Her burial site wasn’t far from where other prehistoric remains have been discovered over the years, on what was once a bluff overlooking the river.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Cliff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliff. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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