careen
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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
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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
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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
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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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