cliff
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barranca (also barranco), bluff, crag, escarpment, palisade, precipice, scar, scarp
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Last week, Alexander Colsin, 22, died after falling from a cliff near the Lower Falls at Old Man’s Cave, WBNS reports. — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com, "Falling branch hits, kills woman at Ohio state park," 3 Sep. 2019 Two vehicles went off a cliff in Big Sur Monday following a crash near the Big Creek Bridge. — Thomas Wright, The Mercury News, "Official confirms body found at bottom of Big Sur cliff is missing Santa Cruz County woman," 30 Aug. 2019 Tasked with establishing fiscal responsibility, enhancing market access for Puerto Rico and helping the island walk back from the cliff of fiscal disaster, the Board has so far failed in its critical mission. — James Spiotto For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, "Puerto Rico's financial woes are hurting US infrastructure," 29 Aug. 2019 Sumedh Mannar, 27, had jumped off a small rock cliff at Cleetwood Cove around 4:40 p.m., and did not resurface. — oregonlive.com, "Crater Lake drowning victim identified as 27-year-old OSU student," 20 Aug. 2019 Italian firefighters use a helicopter to rescue a lost cow stuck below rocky cliffs in Sardinia, Italy. — David Oliver, USA TODAY, "French couple facing six years in jail after police say they stole sand from a beach in Italy," 20 Aug. 2019 For the thrill-seeker Fearless travelers seeking adventures on the water can try flyboarding, parasailing, and jet skiing, but nothing beats racing off a cliff and plunging feet first into the island’s crystal-clear waters. — National Geographic, "Ibiza beyond the clubs: 10 can’t-miss experiences," 16 Aug. 2019 Amateur paleontologists found the fossil, which consisted of leg bones, along a river bed near a cliff in North Canterbury, the BBC reports. — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, "Prehistoric Monster Penguins: Awesome, Terrifying, or Both?," 14 Aug. 2019 Wallace had started as a TV pitchman but sought more meaningful work after son Peter Jon Wallace’s fatal fall from a cliff in Greece in 1962. — Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, "‘60 Minutes’: Family tragedy changed Mike Wallace," 21 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cliff.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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