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careen

[kuh-reen] / kəˈrin /
VERB
tilt; move wildly down path
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But you know what they say: When one door closes, a train is about to careen off the tracks and barrel right through it.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Even the slightest misstep made me feel like I was about to careen out of control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

A daunting prospect after mechanical failure caused his Lotus car to careen into barriers at 160mph in Jerez in 1990.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

The more worrisome sign came when the bond market began to careen off the edge.

From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2025

But as I careen forward he steps up and catches my wrists, steadying me.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

And the plot careens from one incident to the next, sometimes landing on a random sight gag or odd digression.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

As the tram careens past, a delivery man can been seen leaping to safety from his bicycle, while a passerby also races out of the way.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

He careens down the sheet of ice at 50 miles per hour, uses one of the final turns as a launchpad, flies out of the bob run and over a ski chalet to safety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

His experience, he said, has taught him how to mitigate the damage done when an opposing team member careens into you.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025

My insides go in one direction while my body careens forward, and I grasp the seat as we start to slow down.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

He whiffed and, as his belly careened iceward, made a desperate swat at the puck that lifted it over the glove of the Vegas goalie to give the Hurricanes a lead they’d never relinquish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

Police were on scene Monday afternoon in Granada Hills after a Tesla driver lost control and careened into the Ali Baba Persian Restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026

This year, somehow, I careened straight from verdant, crisp summer food — cucumber salads, crisp chicken Caesar wraps, yogurt bowls, smoothies — into the warm-orange-and-brown spectrum of winter.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025

Crypto executives careened around the U.A.E. capital, dashing between a half-dozen different conferences, a “Whale Only” night at a secluded beach club, and champagne-soaked parties aboard superyachts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025

He sped over the bumpy road and careened out onto the highway.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

But here’s what excites me most about the brave new world of mathematics the A.I. industry has us careening toward: We will have a much sharper sense of what the truly difficult problems are.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

"I fear we are careening toward a future with fewer and fewer journalists to do the expensive, difficult work of original reporting," he said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

Despite the recent surge in interest, MLB is careening toward a labor meltdown that threatens to squander that goodwill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

How much can one film really change a world that seems like it’s careening faster and faster toward annihilation?

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

But Penelope’s reverie about the Imperial Russian Ballet was soon drowned out by the ruckus of two ruddy-cheeked servants careening dangerously around the nursery, while the children stamped their feet to keep time.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood


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