cliff's edge

Example Sentences

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A huge landslide has left Sicilian homes teering on a cliff’s edge.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

He said the boy had “started getting a bit moody”, and that he warned him not to cross a safety fence close to the cliff’s edge.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024

The wall was built to protect several condo complexes perched on the cliff’s edge from landslides.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023

But here, too, Iran seems to understand that it is near the cliff’s edge.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023

And those that came behind and did not fall stood at the cliff’s edge, listening.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin