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disorient

[dis-awr-ee-ent, -ohr-] / dɪsˈɔr iˌɛnt, -ˈoʊr- /






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And possibility, after 47 years of permanence, turns out to be the most disorienting thing of all.

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When pop superstar Bruno Mars announced in January the release of his fourth solo album, it was disorienting to realize it had been almost a decade since his third.

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A friend found him minutes later, conscious but disoriented, and took him to the hospital, the prosecutor added.

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“I feel relieved but also a bit disoriented,” said Beth Benike, the owner of Busy Baby, a Minnesota-based seller of baby products.

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The mixture of digitally warped instrumentation that emphasizes its artificiality and cinematic string arrangements that evoke the melodrama of old Hollywood is pleasingly jarring and disorienting.

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