disorientation
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Russian investigators later blamed pilot error and disorientation for the crash, which came after the pilots circled the airport for nearly two hours amid bad weather.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Zoey Tur, a veteran news helicopter pilot, said spatial disorientation is particularly problematic over water at night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Both actors gently expose their characters’ dislocation and disorientation as they grapple with the void in their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Liz Plank, on her Substack, describes the nausea and disorientation felt by women realizing this past week that we had all been gaslit yet again.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026
But unlike the disorientation, anxiety, and fear that Sputnik provoked, the agency absorbed the blow.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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"Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone, Chapter 38–Epilogue
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