lying down
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Once the lions had finished feeding, they spent considerably more time lying down and resting.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
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
He’s lying down on the ground, deep into our little fission generator, the one outside the front of the house, fixing whatever’s gone wrong with it this month.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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