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cliff

[klif] / klɪf /


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There was also a requirement that sewage and surface water drainage be handled away from the site's cliff edge.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

If you look at the trend line, the U.S. one has gone off a cliff faster than those other four.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

“You are absolutely right…The last thing you needed was to be a human sail on a cliff edge.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

But does this carry any meaning for any real people, and will it be enough to stop us from pushing ourselves off the cliff?

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

There was an overhang to the cliff, up ahead.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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