supine

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Walker emphasized the position of her body when authorities found it, supine below the staircase with her right foot splayed on a lower stair.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2023

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

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023

In this test, the patient’s heart rate and blood pressure are monitored when they are supine and then as they stand in place for 10 minutes.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 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

I fell back, supine on the scuffed floor of the dance room, and stared up at the recessed lighting.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi