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[kuh-reer] / kəˈrɪər /


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It is the second time in his career that Kubasik has been removed from a senior executive role after allegations about his conduct with an employee.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

“I kinda sorta put my acting career on hold the other day. It’s been something I’ve been petrified to do for years,” Krumholtz said in a post on Threads, per Deadline.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Captaining from mid-off was a tactic used by Root's predecessor Stokes and former skipper Michael Vaughan – another influential figure in Root's career, having come through the same Sheffield club.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Foster explained his career pivot in Tuesday’s episode of HBO’s “Hard Knocks” TV show, a documentary-style series that tracks an NFL team’s training camp in real-time.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Though Dorothy Vaughan would continue her career at Langley, her job as the manager of West Computing was over.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

A defense of yelling in restaurants: It’s a forbidden behavior in today’s restaurants—but Amanda Albee spoke to chefs who say it massively improved their careers.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

Last month, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he wanted to ensure teenagers had technical routes into careers that could rival the path of a university degree.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Earlier in our careers, we chose traditional IRAs because the tax deduction made the most sense at the time.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

His decision was the clearest example of the seismic shift that is permanently altering the shape of football careers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

But that is only the latest in what has been an extraordinary string of experiences and careers.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

The driver was arrested after the vehicle careered from a main square down a major city centre street, close to historic sites.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

"The jury and the organisers have decided to stop the race," they said as Austria's Nina Ortlieb and Marte Monsen of Norway had also careered off-piste.

From Barron's Jan. 30, 2026

Thousands of houses have been damaged or destroyed as fast-running water careered down streets, carrying cars, while highways were blocked with debris and electricity cut off.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2025

It comes after an inquest found the deaths of four teenage boys could have been avoided when their car careered off a road during a camping trip in Wales last year.

From BBC Oct. 25, 2024

Joaquin leaned his body to the left as he careered down the hill toward the arts center.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

The accident, which saw the picture-postcard 19th-century Gloria tramway hurtle into a building after careering off the rails, shocked the Portuguese capital, laying bare fears over the safety of the popular yet ageing tourist attraction.

From Barron's Oct. 20, 2025

The club doesn’t intend to keep careering ahead this way forever.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2025

Only after that point could turmoil begin: It was shattered by an impact and shifted outward to the asteroid belt, where subsequent impacts would have formed the Athor family and sent some careering toward Earth.

From Science Magazine Apr. 16, 2024

With this show, the director “takes an established musical by the scruff of the neck and sends it careering into the modern day,” Wolf added.

From New York Times Apr. 14, 2024

People stopped to watch or scuttled out of his careering way.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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