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The woman had been camping with friends near the cliff edge, in the Forest Lakes area, according to a news bulletin from the Coconino County Sheriff's Office.
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Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Wayne had bagged a good ram about 3 o’clock that after noon, then had worked until dark lowering the ram down a series of cliffs and ledges on the north end of Bennett Mountain.
—Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
The epic made breathtaking use of the country’s terrain, including the red cliffs of Wadi Rum and the rock formations of Jebel Tubeiq.
—Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Running along the eastern edge of Sicily is an underwater cliff called the Malta Escarpment that is truly massive — 290 kilometers long and almost 4 kilometers high.
—Elizabeth Fernandez, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
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Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Wayne had bagged a good ram about 3 o’clock that after noon, then had worked until dark lowering the ram down a series of cliffs and ledges on the north end of Bennett Mountain.
—Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
The epic made breathtaking use of the country’s terrain, including the red cliffs of Wadi Rum and the rock formations of Jebel Tubeiq.
—Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Running along the eastern edge of Sicily is an underwater cliff called the Malta Escarpment that is truly massive — 290 kilometers long and almost 4 kilometers high.
—Elizabeth Fernandez, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliff
Noun
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On the eastern side of the escarpment near Noto Canyon is a deposit of sediment reaching up to 800 meters thick.—
Elizabeth Fernandez,
Big Think,
4 Sep. 2025
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Various Rovos itineraries follow the escarpment of the Great Rift Valley or traverse the red deserts of Namibia.—
Ann Shields,
AFAR Media,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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These shoes keep me comfortable all day, even when rock hopping and scrambling to get to the crag.—
Mary Beth Skylis,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Aug. 2025
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Access to its sandstone crags is impacted by seasonal water levels: In summer, climbers often reach the cliffs by boat and ascend right from the water; in winter, the lake gets drained.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
Noun
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The palisade walls and structural support beams that hold up the fort are made to look like wood but are constructed of concrete.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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But what are the other buildings impacted by palisades fires?—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Much of the rest of the hike was dry and traversed gentle gravel bars or smooth limestone expanses, skirting the edges of grassy bluffs and rocky cliffs.—
Eva Frederick,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Sep. 2025
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Perched atop a bluff near the Bull Run Mountains is 50 West Vineyards.—
Caroline Rogers,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Cliff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliff. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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