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

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

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023

Mr Ramaphosa was widely viewed as a clean, principled figure, who could steer the ANC, and the country, away from the cliff's edge.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2022

The way one character inexplicably parks her car comically close to a cliff’s edge?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2021

She moved carefully away from the cliff’s edge, feeling her way in the dark to a mossy patch beside some bushes.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry