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cliff

[klif] / klɪf /


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Frankly, it’s far superior to a 180-day cliff.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

“There isn’t a cliff event,” he said, adding that it’s a “corrosive” process that slowly wears down the ability of households to spend and keep up on their debts.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

“These people,” he is told, referring to the newlyweds, “are about to jump off a cliff with someone. They want something safe.”

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

It wasn’t what I’d have imagined as a boy: a castle on a lonely cliff, scholars in robes rushing down stone stairways with heavy books.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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