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
The fire caller would yell “let the fire fall,” and the glowing embers from the campfire would be thrown from the cliff’s edge.
From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2019
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
