precipice
noun
prec·i·pice
ˈpre-s(ə-)pəs 
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Examples of precipice in a Sentence
Twenty years ago, it seemed unlikely that black and white South Africans could avoid a cataclysmic struggle. How did we manage to turn back from the precipice and join one another in the long walk to a nonracial democracy?
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F. W. De Klerk, Time, 18 Apr. 2005
These are the brave, friendly guys and gals who flip, twist, spin and somersault themselves backward into the sky and somehow land on a horrifyingly steep precipice without rearranging their rib cages or breaking their faces.
—Curry Kirkpatrick, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 1994
… the helpless Cambodians were bused from the safety of a refugee camp to an outcropping along the border several hundred miles to the northeast, where they were forced over the precipice into a wild and inaccessible part of Cambodia from which it would be almost impossible to return to Thailand.
—Barbara Crossette, New York Times Book Review, 2 Aug. 1987
He stood on the edge of the precipice.
scaled the steep precipice with the ease of an experienced climber
F. W. De Klerk, Time, 18 Apr. 2005
These are the brave, friendly guys and gals who flip, twist, spin and somersault themselves backward into the sky and somehow land on a horrifyingly steep precipice without rearranging their rib cages or breaking their faces.
—Curry Kirkpatrick, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 1994
… the helpless Cambodians were bused from the safety of a refugee camp to an outcropping along the border several hundred miles to the northeast, where they were forced over the precipice into a wild and inaccessible part of Cambodia from which it would be almost impossible to return to Thailand.
—Barbara Crossette, New York Times Book Review, 2 Aug. 1987
He stood on the edge of the precipice.
scaled the steep precipice with the ease of an experienced climber
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The attack, threatened for weeks by Israel, comes as the Middle East sits on the precipice of a regional war more than a year after an initial attack by the militant group Hamas on Israel.
—Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
One year ago, Saudi Arabia and Israel were on the precipice of a normalization deal that would have realigned the Middle East and further isolated Iran.
—Morgan Phillips, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2024
First, the buzz around robotics started to pick up; investors concluded that AI was on the precipice of enabling advanced robotics.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
And he was drafted by an NBA franchise that was already on the precipice of a championship, led by a two-time league MVP.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2024
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Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
One year ago, Saudi Arabia and Israel were on the precipice of a normalization deal that would have realigned the Middle East and further isolated Iran.
—Morgan Phillips, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2024
First, the buzz around robotics started to pick up; investors concluded that AI was on the precipice of enabling advanced robotics.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
And he was drafted by an NBA franchise that was already on the precipice of a championship, led by a two-time league MVP.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2024
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precipice
noun
prec·i·pice
ˈpres-(ə-)pəs
: a very steep and high face of a rock or mountain
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