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South Padre Island Police Department After he's shot three times, Martinez is seen being pulled from his vehicle, thrown to the ground by an ICE agent, face down, and then handcuffed.
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Forearm plank on knees: Lie face down on an exercise mat or a thick blanket (on a nonslip surface) and prop yourself up on your forearms with your elbows under your shoulders.
—Dana Santas Feb 28, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
Photographs taken by the police show the van on its side and a group of young Somali men, including Ahmed, handcuffed and lying face down in the grass.
—Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
DeKalb County officers ignored his gasping for breath and loaded him face down into a police vehicle, lawyers said.
—Samantha Hogan, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Forearm plank on knees: Lie face down on an exercise mat or a thick blanket (on a nonslip surface) and prop yourself up on your forearms with your elbows under your shoulders.
—Dana Santas Feb 28, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
Photographs taken by the police show the van on its side and a group of young Somali men, including Ahmed, handcuffed and lying face down in the grass.
—Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
DeKalb County officers ignored his gasping for breath and loaded him face down into a police vehicle, lawyers said.
—Samantha Hogan, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for facedown
Adverb
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Adebayo took his hard fall when tripped by the hand of Ball while saving the ball from going out of bounds beneath the Heat basket with the Heat down 28-26.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2026
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The companies' updates also weighed on the broader luxury sector, with Burberry, Christian Dior, LVMH, and Moncler the worst performers in the pan-European Stoxx 600 index, down between 2% and 3% each.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Turnips and other root vegetables like potatoes and radishes all direct their growth to the same place—downward into the soil.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2026
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Within minutes of leaving town, the pavement twists downward through tight turns and steep grades as the mountain air begins to warm, the vegetation giving way to chaparral and scattered juniper, then to the stark silhouettes of ocotillo and Mojave yucca.—
Josh Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Then, there’s a dramatic landscape by Jacob van Ruisdael, with gray clouds muttering on high and brighter blues impending in the sky below.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The interview below has been edited for clarity.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Facedown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facedown. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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