facedown

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Recent Examples of facedown Glaser was found face down in the bathtub, WCAU reported citing court records. Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for facedown
Recent Examples of Synonyms for facedown
Adverb
  • The Pixel 9 Pro XL starts at $899, down from $1,099.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Yet, compared to Joe Biden (57%) and Barack Obama (69%) from this point in their first terms, Trump is down.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 3 Apr. 2025.

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