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Recent Examples of facedown
Recovered from the coastal town of Herculaneum, which along with Pompeii was wiped out by the eruption, the remains belonged to an individual, thought to be a young man, who was found lying face down on a bed buried by volcanic ash.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
The first day of filming the 1984 movie found Macchio face down in a face full of sand on a Southern California beach when his New Jersey transplant Daniel LaRusso is beaten up by Cobra Kai teen bad boy Johnny Lawrence (Zabka) and his goons.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Seeing Hill face down on the ground surrounded by officers who were not Black like him, my mind raced to George Floyd.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
The flight crew asked for help from passengers and several people stepped in and restrained the man face down in the aisle, according to a criminal complaint.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2025
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
The first day of filming the 1984 movie found Macchio face down in a face full of sand on a Southern California beach when his New Jersey transplant Daniel LaRusso is beaten up by Cobra Kai teen bad boy Johnny Lawrence (Zabka) and his goons.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Seeing Hill face down on the ground surrounded by officers who were not Black like him, my mind raced to George Floyd.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
The flight crew asked for help from passengers and several people stepped in and restrained the man face down in the aisle, according to a criminal complaint.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for facedown
Adverb
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Tesla recently reported the first drop in annual sales in its history, and there are indications sales could be down again this quarter.—
Andy Rose,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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While China’s 2024 box office was down around 21 per cent (to $5.86 billion) year-on-year, the country’s urban movie-going community number more than one billion and 4,658 new screens opened, meaning China now has 90,968 urban cinema screens.—
Mathew Scott,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Stocks tend to stumble when the outlook’s this murky, and with risks tilting downward, playing defense makes sense.—
Dan Irvine,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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FedEx revised its revenue and earnings forecasts downward, with revenue now expected somewhere between flat to slightly down year over year, compared to the prior forecast of approximately flat.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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The dining room on the floor below has deep red carpets, gold chairs, burl wood walls in a herringbone pattern and reflective metallic paint on the ceiling that intensifies the rotating 360 degree views.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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See more photos from She is the Music’s Women Sharing the Spotlight below.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Facedown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facedown. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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