lying down
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Young people now have more confidence they can "change things if they want to" and feel they don't have to "take everything lying down", the 59-year-old said.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
"We saw people lying down and the police arrived immediately," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
In a Cornell study, 89 older dogs completed simple movement tasks—including getting up and walking, stepping over low obstacles and moving from lying down to standing—while observers scored their performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Each participant wore an accelerometer on their wrist for seven days, allowing researchers to track both step count and sedentary time, defined as time spent sitting or lying down while awake.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026
It was so deep she found herself nearly lying down, but she sat up again and tucked her legs under her to look at the portraits on the walls.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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