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Recent Examples of cliff
The restrictions on these functionalities will also be on by default for under 16- and 17-year-olds to prevent a cliff-edge at 16.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 June 2026
Basalt’s floor-to-ceiling windows overlook dramatic red cliffs and the Black Desert Golf Course.
—Tamara Gane, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
In one of them he was seen hanging from the edge of a rocky cliff using his bare hands, his legs dangling toward a steep slope in a risky performance without safety equipment.
—ABC News, 14 June 2026
Starting at the Meyers Beach parking area, the trail runs for 6 miles along lakeshore cliffs and through forests, with sea-cave overlooks.
—Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 14 June 2026
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 June 2026
Basalt’s floor-to-ceiling windows overlook dramatic red cliffs and the Black Desert Golf Course.
—Tamara Gane, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
In one of them he was seen hanging from the edge of a rocky cliff using his bare hands, his legs dangling toward a steep slope in a risky performance without safety equipment.
—ABC News, 14 June 2026
Starting at the Meyers Beach parking area, the trail runs for 6 miles along lakeshore cliffs and through forests, with sea-cave overlooks.
—Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 14 June 2026
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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.—
Judy Koutsky,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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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.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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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.—
Andy Morrison,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But, typical of Hockney portraiture, the resulting drawings magnificently captured every crag in Auden’s impossibly craggy face.—
Mark Rozzo,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
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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.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2026
Noun
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The two-acre campus is structured around a reconstructed bluff on the Mississippi River, known locally as the promenade.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
17 June 2026
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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.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
17 June 2026
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“Cliff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliff. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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