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cliff

[klif] / klɪf /


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The act eliminated the subsidy cliff by capping premiums for families at 400% or more of the poverty line at 8.5% of applicable income.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Liverpool splashed out £450m last summer to make the team worse, while few could have predicted Mohamed Salah's form falling off a cliff and into public acrimony with Slot.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The car went off the west roadway edge, hit a call box and continued south through vegetation before going over a cliff, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

As paper correspondence—letters, bills, party invites—shifted online, total mail volume fell off a cliff.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

“I would climb mountains and traverse dangerous cliff paths. I would poke my head into dark caves and push over heavy boulders.”

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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