orient
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"Engineers have been using the vent heaters to melt any potential ice that may be clogging the line," Nasa said, adding that they were continuing to orient the vent toward the Sun.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
So, if anything—and this sounds funny to say about future teenagers—I might orient my kids toward more socializing and understanding how they relate to people in their own unique way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
This design allows patients to use both their natural peripheral vision and the new prosthetic central vision simultaneously, improving their ability to orient themselves and move around.
From Science Daily • Oct. 22, 2025
The director also leans nicely into interstitial shots that orient us without attitude, while her choice of music, led by Lesley Barber’s lilting score, is a real mood-setter of romance and melancholy.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025
She managed to orient herself, sorting out up and down just in time to see the edge of the roof coming toward her.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
Vocabulary lists containing orient
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 3
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Content Summary G.1: Principles of Geography
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