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  • I bring along a book so he can go nose-down into it, and he seems to recover quickly if he has that kind of retreat from the sensory overload of his day.

    Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009

  • I live in the desert, so I never give much thought to the possibility of me landing my hatchback nose-down in the drink.

    FLASH FLOOD • by Gay Degani 2009

  • Judging from the concentration of deer and the nose-down posture of many animals, it appears they are also finding food (or being fed) along this route.

    Adios, Winter? 2009

  • Just after the gear left the cargo door, the aircraft seemed to have trouble stabilizing its center of gravity and went nose-down toward the runway.

    Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile J.L. Bourne 2010

  • Just after the gear left the cargo door, the aircraft seemed to have trouble stabilizing its center of gravity and went nose-down toward the runway.

    Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile J.L. Bourne 2010

  • Mostly intact, it looked like, though very much nose-down with her tail in the air—she must have plowed into the earth.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • Mostly intact, it looked like, though very much nose-down with her tail in the air—she must have plowed into the earth.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • Mostly intact, it looked like, though very much nose-down with her tail in the air—she must have plowed into the earth.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • The Harrier entered a nose-down slicing turn back to the east.

    A Nightmare’s Prayer Michael Franzak 2010

  • To my horror, I realized my jet was in a ten-degree nose-down slicing turn, plunging toward earth.

    A Nightmare’s Prayer Michael Franzak 2010

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