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Recent Examples of facedown
George Floyd, Charlie Kirk and 'cancel culture' One was a Black man who died face down on a Minneapolis street after a grocery store clerk accused him of passing a counterfeit $20 bill.
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Michael Collins, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
Chappell was found dead from a single gunshot wound, laying face down in a creek wearing only his underwear, on Dec. 19, 2011, according to The Newnan Times-Herald and local 11 Alive.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Sturgill falls to his knees and then face down as all three men appear to walk away, the end of the video shows.
—Melissa Chan, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2025
Keesler did not drop the weapon, prompting Olson to fire his handgun three times at Keesler, who fell face down on the floor, just in front of his father, with the knife still in his right hand, according to the DA’s office.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
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Michael Collins, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
Chappell was found dead from a single gunshot wound, laying face down in a creek wearing only his underwear, on Dec. 19, 2011, according to The Newnan Times-Herald and local 11 Alive.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Sturgill falls to his knees and then face down as all three men appear to walk away, the end of the video shows.
—Melissa Chan, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2025
Keesler did not drop the weapon, prompting Olson to fire his handgun three times at Keesler, who fell face down on the floor, just in front of his father, with the knife still in his right hand, according to the DA’s office.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for facedown
Adverb
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Early in the second period, Matthews used his size to force a turnover down low and then force a few opportunities.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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My weight would go up and down over the years.—
Ashley Hume , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The muscle fibers of the external obliques run diagonally downward (from your ribs down toward your pelvis).—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
21 Oct. 2025
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In a 2021 update that incorporated additional factors into the simulations, DeConto and colleagues revised that estimate sharply downward, projecting less than 40 centimeters of sea-level rise by the century’s end under high-emission scenarios.—
Evan Howell,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Shop the Amazon items below for safer travels, from just $8.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Oct. 2025
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Shop seven lookalike options below, all under $50.—
Melony Forcier,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Facedown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facedown. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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