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

“It had this keen ability to orient itself so that its narrowest profile was always facing me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

With each track, it takes us a moment to orient ourselves to each perspective, figure out who is speaking and what they want.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 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

He would never have allowed the elaborate preparations that Gregor required to orient himself and thus perhaps get through the door.

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka