Standing at the edge of the cliff, we watched the waves crash on the shore far below.
rock climbers scaling steep cliffs
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The bodies were found on May 3, 2024, hidden in a cliff.—CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025 This Power Bundle packs the camera, extra Enduro batteries, a dual charger, and a microSD card, so basically everything except the courage to jump off the cliff.—PC Magazine, 20 Nov. 2025 But not every field faces the same cliff.—Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2025 Otherwise, these folks often can’t access the cliffs used by BASE jumpers.—Maya Silver, Outside, 18 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cliff
Word History
Etymology
Middle English clif, from Old English; akin to Old High German klep cliff, Old Norse klif
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of cliff was
before the 12th century
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