upside down
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Humans, for instance, can drink through a straw while upside down and still breathe.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
The Ortiz family’s life has been flipped upside down since the head of the household was detained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
A maintenance worker whose life was "turned upside down" when he fell 30ft from a power line and was left paralysed has won at least £10m in compensation.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
But that’s when a series of bizarre and unlikely events flipped this clash between two title hopefuls upside down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
My sister grabs a sneaker and shakes it upside down until a folded postcard tumbles out.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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The upside-down life ensures peak performance—and zero readjustment when they head back home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Cathy, meanwhile, deciphers the key to life through Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland,” a story about a girl like her who survives an upside-down world.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Local television has broadcast images of the upside-down ferry in the water, with people wearing life vests atop its hull.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Images broadcast by Turkish television showed the upside-down ferry in the water, with people wearing life vests atop its orange hull.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Not sitting on its roof like a normal upside-down car would be, but flipped tires-to-the-sky, in midair, high enough to roll a basketball beneath it.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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