down to the ground
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They consist of pairs of poles on each side of the road, with a strip of wire mesh strung between and running down to the ground on either side.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
Pretti had a permit to carry, according to the Minneapolis police chief, and videos show him holding a cellphone, not brandishing a gun before officers pushed him down to the ground.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
“They always bring you down to the ground so that I could take off again somewhere else somewhat different. Kind of like palate cleansers in that way,” she says.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024
Sometimes we tried not to let him voice his feelings, but he bowed to my father’s image, which we never do — head down to the ground.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024
She took a coil long enough to reach over one of the branches of a high tree and back down to the ground, and strong enough to bear several times her weight.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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