precipice
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Maxine glides along, bathed in gratitude, making assured artistic decisions and certain that she is on the precipice of something that will change her life forever.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
We're on the precipice of this happening to broadcast TV.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
The band members are also at the precipice of something they thought impossible: a music career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
A few houses hovered perilously close—5 feet or so—from the precipice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
About halfway down the precipice, Annabeth said, “Stop, okay? Just a quick break.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Most of the sheep huddle in sleep, while the more adventurous ones and, predictably, the goats perch on rocky precipices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
In addition to groundwater depletion, rising insurance costs and extreme heat, the U.N. report highlights melting glaciers, ecosystem collapse and space debris as systems nearing precipices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
Landslides in Himachal Pradesh killed more than 50 people this month, with houses flattened and buses and cars hanging on the edge of precipices after roads gave way.
From Reuters ● Aug. 24, 2023
Too much focus on targets like 1.5°C can backfire if they are seen as precipices beyond which there is no redemption, says Tebaldi: “People feel this sense of disempowerment.”
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 9, 2021
It was a skyless world, in which his eye, through dim gulfs of shadowy air, saw only ever-mounting slopes, great walls of stone behind great walls, and frowning precipices wreathed with mist.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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