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cliff

[klif] / klɪf /


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His treatment of the Troll Wall in Norway, Europe’s highest rock face and the cliff Sasha is scaling when the film commences, is a hallucination that turns the world upside down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Do not shelter under a tree or use a cliff or rocky overhang, the weather service warns.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

England's threat, without Kane, falls off a cliff.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 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

Clinging together, they ran, or were blown, through the woods, and eventually came up against a great, rocky cliff that shimmered in the pounding rain.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig




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