supine

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Yet Europe has left unaddressed the corrosive, longer-term problem of defense industries in most E.U. countries that were left to atrophy after the Soviet Union’s collapse more than three decades ago, and today remain supine.

From Washington Post

The “daily challenges” on MTV’s “The Challenge” are the bedrock of the show, and in 36 seasons and counting have run from the supine to the ridiculous.

From Los Angeles Times

"News reporters covering the Council meeting were a sketch of supine immobility, a confession of the futility of expression without independence," Kucinich writes.

From Salon

I was supine with my legs suspended in aluminum stirrups as if stretched on a low chaise longue with my head and upper torso propped up with a back-cradling husband pillow.

From New York Times

Internet users identified themselves as “lying flatists,” posting photos of cats and seals lying supine.

From Washington Post