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Recent Examples of facedownThe sculptures were discovered lying face down in an in an empty Roman-Byzantine wine collection vat.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
16 June 2026 Simmons told the deputy that Nancy was lying on their kitchen floor, where the deputy ultimately found her face down in a pool of blood, according to the affidavit.—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026 Deputy Gourley quickly located the victim in the water floating face down and pulled her to shore.—
Alex Nitzberg,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026 In one visit, a physician walked into the room with his phone face down on the counter already running in the background.—
Demetri Giannikopoulos,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2026 Even if the phone is face down on the table or tucked in your pocket, your brain knows that a notification can ding or there is an opportunity to look away from the company and find a funny video.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026 Amid the screams and chaos lay Manzo, face down and bleeding.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
After going scoreless for a match and a half, down 1-0 at home against the National Women’s Soccer League’s best team on Friday night, the Kansas City Current had finally had enough.
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The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 July 2026
Their two other runs came in the ninth inning, down 23-2 against third baseman Jorbit Vivas on the mound.
James Pearce, Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, Chris Waugh, Justin Guthrie, Oliver Kay and Jack Pitt-Brooke share their thoughts below.
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James Pearce,
New York Times,
22 July 2026
Lundgren got out from the driver’s side of the vehicle, stumbled across the opposing lane of traffic, and leaped over the side of the bridge into Table Rock Lake below, the sheriff said.