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Or, enjoy the scenery from offshore on a boat ride around the white cliffs.
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Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
Moore turns 29 in April, and, as is the case with most positions in the NFL, turning 30 is seen as the age cliff.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
The 'retirement cliff' Every year, more electricians retire than new ones enter the field.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
Secluded at the base of 300-foot cliffs and hard to access, Black’s Beach was the prime spot for it.
—Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
Moore turns 29 in April, and, as is the case with most positions in the NFL, turning 30 is seen as the age cliff.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
The 'retirement cliff' Every year, more electricians retire than new ones enter the field.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
Secluded at the base of 300-foot cliffs and hard to access, Black’s Beach was the prime spot for it.
—Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliff
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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
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Angama Mara, which opened in 2016 and sits on top of the Oloololo escarpment overlooking the Mara Triangle, comprises two camps.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 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
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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
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Trump’s version of events, as is so often the case, isn’t based on facts, but wishcasting, projection, bombast and bluffs.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Lifeguards on patrol discovered a 10-by-10-foot section of bluff had collapsed along Camino Del Mar near Del Mar’s Dog Beach, officials said.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Cliff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliff. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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