supine

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That brings us to the supine response of Congress to Kennedy’s actions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025

The bodies appear to be laid supine, but most bones have dissolved because of the acidic soil.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023

A hinged support slowly elevates a supine patient into a partial sitting position.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

Yet Europe has left unaddressed the corrosive, longer-term problem of defense industries in most E.U. countries that were left to atrophy after the Soviet Union’s collapse more than three decades ago, and today remain supine.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2023

She lay supine on her bed without a pillow, a glass of water within easy reach and, at her side, a book she knew she could not read.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan