orient
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These low frequency sounds are commonly produced by ships and industrial equipment, and they can overlap with the natural sounds turtles may use to orient themselves and navigate through the ocean.
From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2026
With each track, it takes us a moment to orient ourselves to each perspective, figure out who is speaking and what they want.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
Beyond the distant shapes of buildings still standing inside Gaza City, there's almost nothing left to orient you here, or identify the neighbourhoods that once held tens of thousands of people.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025
“The small holes on ballot envelopes are an accessibility feature to allow sight-impaired voters to orient themselves to where they are required to sign the envelope,” Weber said in a statement released Monday.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025
He had taken part in a meeting of union leaders and had been commissioned, along with Colonel Gavilán, to mingle in the crowd and orient it according to how things went.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.