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New Ford model made headlines? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

frowned

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'made headlines?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to bodily activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'new ford model' is the wordplay.
'model' indicates an anagram.
'new'+'ford'='newford'
'newford' anagrammed gives 'FROWNED'.

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(Other definitions for frowned that I've seen before include "Glowered" , "looked worried" , "Wrinkled one's forehead" .)

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