supine
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This was too much even for habitually supine Republican senators, who took their wrath out on Mr. Blanche.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
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
"They do not at the moment. They are too supine, too incurious, too compliant," he said.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2023
Once supine, I experienced the unique and briefly frightening sensation that my ears were traveling up very fast in an elevator while the rest of my body fell gently toward Earth.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2022
He was lying supine, in just the trousers of his pajamas, a lighted cigarette in his right hand.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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