bearings

There are no demarcations along this part of the line yet - a soldier points it out to me, taking bearings from a small patch of sand between the grey crumbs of demolished buildings.

After a debut season spent finding his bearings at USC, the fiery coach made it clear he felt he and his staff didn’t do enough to promote the Trojans basketball program.

Like any number of unsettled heroes from gothic novels, he fears that he is losing his bearings and his sanity.

“Vagrants” is named for a type of bird that loses its bearings and turns up in zones where it’s not supposed to be.

"They happen at a time when people are sleeping and you are unable to get your bearings."