get one's bearings
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Conspiracy theories can be comforting, a way to get one’s bearings during rapid change in the culture or the economy, by providing narratives that bring order.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2021
There is not much on the bay, but enough to get one’s bearings as the sky grows dim.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2012
Shelley A. Wilson Harford, Pa. Your Essay asserts that "it is difficult to get one's bearings in time if one stays too long on Oahu."
From Time Magazine Archive
For the armchair strategist who cannot visit the battlefields, or for anyone who simply wonders where all the shooting was, detailed maps drawn at the time are the only satisfactory way to get one's bearings.
From Time Magazine Archive
A turn or a detour to survey the vicinity and attempt to get one's bearings almost invariably brings disaster.
From A Mountain Boyhood by Enos B. (Enos Benjamin) Comstock
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