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Recent Examples of facedown
Instead, Polaroid users should allow their photos to develop face down out of the light.
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Later in the video, Arenas is seen trying to get up after lying face down in the street in a few inches of water while the hydrant continued to spray.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Officers repeatedly shocked him with a Taser, dragged him by his ankle shackles and then left him face down in the road.
—Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 14 Apr. 2025
Deputies reviewed the video and confirmed seeing the victim lying face down in the sand with Turner mounting his back and striking the victim in the back of the head with a clenched fist.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Later in the video, Arenas is seen trying to get up after lying face down in the street in a few inches of water while the hydrant continued to spray.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Officers repeatedly shocked him with a Taser, dragged him by his ankle shackles and then left him face down in the road.
—Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 14 Apr. 2025
Deputies reviewed the video and confirmed seeing the victim lying face down in the sand with Turner mounting his back and striking the victim in the back of the head with a clenched fist.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for facedown
Adverb
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If reaching a safe shelter is not possible, either crouch down in your car and shield your head, or leave your vehicle and find shelter in a ditch or ravine.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
17 May 2025
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Sales down 75% in Netherlands and 62% in the UK Overseas Tesla’s sales are tanking more than in the the U.S.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
Adverb
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The backrest filling also tended to migrate downward, requiring some fluffing.—
Kathleen Felton,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 May 2025
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The same woman my father met that afternoon is seated in a cemetery, and the Polaroids of her begin to spill downward, giving the whole frame a gravitational pull.—
Aisha Sabatini Sloan,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
Adverb
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Watch Hayek talk about her arrest on The Tonight Show below.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
15 May 2025
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Grab it now for just $55 at Walmart, and shop more favorites from the BHG x Walmart collection below.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 May 2025
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“Facedown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facedown. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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