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Recent Examples of cliff
Built into the cliffs, the casual beach club had rows of umbrellas and chaises with plenty of places to swim.
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Madeline Fass,
Vogue,
19 June 2026
Must be pinned down and taken for a test drive, no matter if it’s headed straight over the cliff edge.
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Literary Hub,
19 June 2026
When the share price goes off, falls off the cliff.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
In 1972, Last Chance Grade crumbled in the predawn darkness, and a married couple died after their Ford sedan went over the cliff.
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Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Madeline Fass,
Vogue,
19 June 2026
Must be pinned down and taken for a test drive, no matter if it’s headed straight over the cliff edge.
—
Literary Hub,
19 June 2026
When the share price goes off, falls off the cliff.
—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
In 1972, Last Chance Grade crumbled in the predawn darkness, and a married couple died after their Ford sedan went over the cliff.
—
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for cliff
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliff
Noun
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The tents are perched on top of escarpment with views of the TK below.
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Which means the 4,092-square-kilometer area between the high, forested escarpment and the wide stretches of the Zambezi River is still pretty untouched.
Noun
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The optical illusion reminded early settlers of the blockades of wooden stakes, or palisades, built around forts to ward off threats.
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Today, visitors can walk inside the palisade walls, watch a film in the King’s Storehouse, hear cannon and musket firings, and explore barracks, houses, a church and other structures that interpret a year‑round community of roughly 200–300 people and a much larger seasonal population.
Noun
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But, typical of Hockney portraiture, the resulting drawings magnificently captured every crag in Auden’s impossibly craggy face.
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This 277-mile labyrinth of red crag in northern Arizona is like an ancient time capsule, with rocks on the canyon floor dating back some 2 billion years—well before the dinosaurs.
Noun
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The two-acre campus is structured around a reconstructed bluff on the Mississippi River, known locally as the promenade.
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Follow the winding boardwalk down the bluff to discover what might be one of the Florida panhandle's quietest little beaches.
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“Cliff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliff. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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