prostrate

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Department of Health and Human Services now requires consent for breast, pelvic, prostrate and rectal exams for “educational and training purposes” performed by medical students, nurse practitioners or physician assistants.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Their routine ended with both back on the ice, lying prostrate, chests heaving.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2024

“You don’t have to prostrate yourself to the usual conformist rules,” a friend tells Jack, explaining hyperlinks but not just that.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2023

After the assassination of Darius III by disgruntled Persian nobles that same year, however, Alexander claimed the Persian throne and introduced Persian customs to his court, such as having his subjects prostrate themselves before him.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Her sobbing had let up a bit, or seemed to have, but her body was in the same wretched, prostrate, face-down position.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger