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careen

[kuh-reen] / kəˈrin /
VERB
tilt; move wildly down path
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While recording in a park one evening, Jack picks up the sound of a car tire exploding before he sees the vehicle careen off the road and into a creek.

From Salon Jul. 4, 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

When Jack, patrolling alone in a heavy rain, sees Robert’s speeding van careen off a mountain road, he takes possession of the loot, camouflages the crash site and celebrates having become an instant millionaire.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 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

If traditional masculinity sometimes veers into the toxic, this version careens into the absurd.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

As they did on “Good Day L.A.,” they consistently interrupt one another and the chatter careens from one topic to the next without a breath.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 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

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

It glances off a shimmering purple shield, though, and careens off to the side.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

After the opening bell rang in New York Friday, shares in Nvidia, Oracle and other companies at the heart of the artificial-intelligence boom careened low enough to flash a green light for dip-buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

Authorities quickly released information about the driver of a car that careened through a street crammed with pedestrians celebrating Liverpool soccer club’s Premier League championship with a parade Monday.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2025

With the headlights turned off, the car careened over a rocky plain, rattling the passengers’ teeth.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

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

Mom and Dad come careening out the door.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper




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