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Recent Examples of facedown
He was immediately paralyzed from the neck down, leaving him lying face down in the water, completely motionless.
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
Most violations involved pinning people face down in ways that could restrict their breathing or stunning them repeatedly with Tasers.
—Colleen Slevin, Denver Post, 30 July 2025
Four days into the search, a young fisherman found her body face down, wrapped in duckweed in the Mississippi River near Brownsville, Minnesota.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2025
Queen of Hearts is played by setting up a board with cards face down and numbers on the back.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 10 July 2025
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
Most violations involved pinning people face down in ways that could restrict their breathing or stunning them repeatedly with Tasers.
—Colleen Slevin, Denver Post, 30 July 2025
Four days into the search, a young fisherman found her body face down, wrapped in duckweed in the Mississippi River near Brownsville, Minnesota.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2025
Queen of Hearts is played by setting up a board with cards face down and numbers on the back.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for facedown
Adverb
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On fourth down, Chargers quarterback Corin Berry evaded multiple Corona del Mar tacklers and scrambled for positive yardage, but was tackled short of the first down by Scott Anderson to give the Sea Kings the ball to close out the game.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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On the crucial fourth down, Mission Bay handed the ball to Jevyn Higman, who’d bounced it to the outside for a 43-yard score.—
Clark Fahrenthold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Dell’s downward-firing speakers, positioned underneath each side of the chassis, project decent sound quality if the laptop rests on a solid surface, not your lap.—
Charles Jefferies,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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Along the way, bitcoin has broken out from five prior downward-sloping ranges similar to this one—a positive technical sign.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In a surveillance video released by authorities, Robinson allegedly darts across the roof after firing the single shot, jimmies down to a ledge and jumps to the grass below.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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See Sharon Osbourne’s full post on Instagram below.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Facedown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facedown. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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