cliff
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It said this would save £1.6bn by 2029-30, covering the estimated £700 million cost of removing the childcare "cliff edge".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Pilots have compared landing on the short runway, with either side plunging straight down off the side of a vertical cliff, to landing on an aircraft carrier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
“It’s going to require both parties jumping off that cliff together,” said Faulkender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
But as Freddie points out to her students, that cliff has always been there.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
I had climbed down the cliff again and again.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
They took rock samples from cliffs for further analysis.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
I’m at a point in my own life where much of my time is consumed by this very thought, facing forks in the road that feel more like cliffs.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
The site includes a central uplift as well as high cliffs displaying columnar jointing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
She loved Caló des Moro, a beach nestled between steep cliffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Around mid-afternoon, the sun struck the cliffs, and in the blink of an eye, the freezing shadows turned to a stark white glare.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Vocabulary lists containing cliff
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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