disorient
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Air defenses’ large-scale use of spoofing, or transmitting fake GPS signals to send drones off course, can disorient civilian air traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
He uses overhead shots and camera angles and plays with focus to displace or disorient viewers.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2023
Activists have been calling on buildings to turn off bright lights, which can disorient birds.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023
She’s not afraid to disorient an audience — or to disgust them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
Here on earth, orienting yourself depends on the feeling you get from the pull of gravity, plus your vision. just being blindfolded is enough to disorient some people.
From The Flying Saucers are Real by Donald E. (Donald Edward) Keyhoe
Some moments play out in too many close-ups, suffocating the scene; an occasional edit inadvertently disorients our sense of place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
For Myriam Gurba, fog is a condition that disorients and ensnares.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
But the more likely problem is that social media presents a feed or timeline of content that disorients its consumers and unmoors them from reality.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 10, 2020
It breaks out every year, and its neurotoxin disorients and paralyzes marine life.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2018
The beauty disorients many of the players, because when the gong sounds, most of them seem like they’re trying to wake from a dream.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
She once recalled wandering into a flowery field and becoming disoriented among the seemingly endless stalks and blooms—a sensation she likened to “obliteration” and would seek to re-create in her art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Prior to going missing Smyth had contacted rescuers from Tiganesti to say he was disoriented and physically exhausted.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Those unfamiliar with Jenkin’s work may come away from “Rose of Nevada” as disoriented as Nick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Mary is disoriented and desperate, and the mere sight of her assures Sam that whatever favor Mary asks for, Sam can attach strings to.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
I blinked, disoriented and scared, but I managed to tumble off of my shelf.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
But the overall effect can be disjointed and disorienting.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
It’s also important to remember that grief is disorienting.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
For someone who grew up in China, where religion is tightly managed by the state, the effect is quietly disorienting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Finding solutions to math problems at an accelerating pace this way is exciting, if a bit disorienting.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
It's disorienting how quickly we got into this fight.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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