How to Use orienteering in a Sentence

orienteering

noun
  • Starting in sixth grade, students can join the clubs to compete in shooting events, archery and orienteering.
    — Collin Binkley and Meghan Hoyer, idahostatesman, 12 Mar. 2018
  • While the old army style with flip up cover is cool, a rectangular plastic orienteering compass with a spinning dial is your best bet.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2019
  • The direction of the race changes between loops as well, adding another level of difficulty and more orienteering.
    — David G. Allan, CNN, 26 May 2018
  • Though a wonderful place for orienteering, Wales has not historically been a bastion of hipness.
    — Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Scouts and wilderness survival types often use the markers in training for compass or GPS orienteering.
    — Brittany Martin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Experience in orienteering helps, because any approach requires an overland hike.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2021
  • His fitness regime, involving orienteering, marathon running, weight training and yoga would be enough to tax the physical capacity of a person half his age.
    — Dermot McGrath, WIRED, 29 July 2002
  • The research team confirmed the use of this tactic in both an amoeba and a mammalian cell line, suggesting a commonality among cells engaged in long-distance orienteering.
    — Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 28 Aug. 2020
  • For instance, travelers can go on expeditions through the Alps led by esteemed mountaineers, or for the littler ones, try scavenger hunts and beginner orienteering lessons.
    — Jimmy Carroll, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2025
  • For today’s hunters and anglers, the GPS has become an omnipresent tool not only for orienteering, but for finding access to public lands and waters in the first place.
    — Ben Long, Outdoor Life, 17 Mar. 2020
  • The Chinese team was banned from taking part in the long-distance orienteering competition, according to the IOF.
    — Ben Westcott, CNN, 24 Oct. 2019
  • The first exercise of the summer Probatoire, an orienteering test, was put together by Elodie Le Comte, one of a handful of women on the school’s staff.
    — Simon Akam, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Activities include fishing, bird watching, fly-tying, archery, canoeing, hiking, camping, orienteering and hunter safety.
    — USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Activities available include campfires, hiking, arts & crafts, canoeing & kayaking, swimming, songs, orienteering and nature.
    — Mónica Marie Zorilla, Philly.com, 5 June 2018
  • Italian orienteering athlete Mattia Debertolis has died after collapsing at the World Games, organizers said on Tuesday.
    — Ben Morse, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Italian orienteering athlete Mattia Debertolis died Tuesday after collapsing during a competition in China on Friday, according to event organizers.
    — Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The 11-day schedule has more than 4000 athletes competing for titles in 34 sports including floorball, orienteering, and inline skating, then retiring to their housing in the all-inclusive athletes village designed to spur community-building and cultural exchange.
    — Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025

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