diff --git a/src/Common/Sql.php b/src/Common/Sql.php
index 7ee3a98..58f4410 100644
--- a/src/Common/Sql.php
+++ b/src/Common/Sql.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ abstract class Sql {
         return static::identifier($sql);
     }
 
-    public static function escape($value)
+    public static function escape($value) : mixed
     {
         switch(true) {
             case is_object($value):
diff --git a/src/EntityCollection.php b/src/EntityCollection.php
index b664fee..fb412cc 100644
--- a/src/EntityCollection.php
+++ b/src/EntityCollection.php
@@ -346,6 +346,18 @@ class EntityCollection extends \ArrayObject implements \JsonSerializable {
         return ( new $className() )->fromArray($dataset);
     }
 
+    public function arrayToEntities(array $list, ? string /*stringable*/ $entityClass = null) : self
+    {
+        $collection = new static();
+        $collection->entityClass = $entityClass ?? $this->entityClass;
+
+        foreach($list as $dataset) {
+            $collection->append($this->arrayToEntity($dataset, $entityClass));
+        }
+
+        return $collection;
+    }
+
     public function jsonSerialize(): mixed
     {
         return $this->toArray();
diff --git a/src/Query/OrderBy.php b/src/Query/OrderBy.php
index bb971ed..780bcd3 100644
--- a/src/Query/OrderBy.php
+++ b/src/Query/OrderBy.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class OrderBy extends Fragment {
         return $this;
     }
 
-    public function add(string $field, ? string $direction = null) : self
+    public function add(object|string $field, ? string $direction = null) : self
     {
         $this->validateFieldType($field);
 
diff --git a/src/Query/QueryBuilderInterface.php b/src/Query/QueryBuilderInterface.php
index 9f40562..6ac6e7e 100644
--- a/src/Query/QueryBuilderInterface.php
+++ b/src/Query/QueryBuilderInterface.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace Ulmus\Query;
 
+use Ulmus\Query;
+
 interface QueryBuilderInterface
 {
     public function push(Fragment $queryFragment) : self;
@@ -9,5 +11,5 @@ interface QueryBuilderInterface
     public function render(bool $skipToken = false) /* mixed */;
     public function reset() : void;
     public function getFragment(string $class, int $index = 0) : ? Fragment;
-    public function removeFragment(Fragment $fragment) : void;
+    public function removeFragment(Query\Fragment|array|\Stringable|string $fragment) : void;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/QueryBuilder.php b/src/QueryBuilder.php
index 261bfcf..1f43f81 100644
--- a/src/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/src/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class QueryBuilder implements Query\QueryBuilderInterface
         return $this;
     }
 
-    public function groupBy(string|\Stringable $field, ? string $direction = null) : self
+    public function groupBy(string|object $field, ? string $direction = null) : self
     {
         if ( null === $groupBy = $this->getFragment(Query\GroupBy::class) ) {
             $groupBy = new Query\GroupBy();
diff --git a/src/Repository.php b/src/Repository.php
index e4ce0e4..c784efd 100644
--- a/src/Repository.php
+++ b/src/Repository.php
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ class Repository
         return $this;
     }
 
-    public function orderBy(string|\Stringable $field, ? string $direction = null) : self
+    public function orderBy(string|object $field, ? string $direction = null) : self
     {
         $this->queryBuilder->orderBy($field, $direction);
 
@@ -550,7 +550,13 @@ class Repository
     public function orders(array $orderList) : self
     {
         foreach($orderList as $field => $direction) {
-            $this->orderBy($field, $direction);
+            if (is_numeric($field)) {
+                $this->orderBy($direction);
+            }
+            else {
+                # Associative array with direction
+                $this->orderBy($field, $direction);
+            }
         }
 
         return $this;