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The two men had to wait on a ledge for hours until they could be found, then had to leave the mountain without their mate.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

On Sunday, a friend took the couple through their vows as they were standing on a cobblestone ledge at the foot of a waterfall on the 121-year-old Ruskin property about an hour out of Nashville.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Tucked away in rural western Maryland, past a dead-end road cut off by railroad tracks, a stream runs cool and clear over a ledge dotted with snails.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

This laid-back, cafe-laden ledge is located above the beaches and ancient ramparts where the Douro River pours through its last, lovely tributaries into the Atlantic Ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The ledge along the wall now was barely two-thirds of the length of his foot.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell