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career

[kuh-reer] / kəˈrɪər /


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For now, Jessica's career in law is on hold, she instead has a job in social media and works from home.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

He has admitted errors in his work but denied plagiarism, saying his autism and a lack of adequate supervision early in his academic career may have contributed to those mistakes.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Still, playing Olmo remains the highlight of his short but burgeoning career.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

The central controversy of Arendt’s career concerned her claims about Jewish leaders’ roles in compiling lists and administering deportations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Right up to the point the subprime mortgage bond market boomed, and changed what it meant to be an asset-backed bond trader, Hubler’s career had resembled Greg Lippmann’s.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

An offbeat comedy about two friends trying to break into the then-emergent world of music videos, the film stars John Cusack and Tim Robbins just as their careers were starting to take off.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The result is a league capable of offering competitive salaries, passionate fanbases and European football to players entering the latter stages of their careers.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

When Graham Platner ran for Senate, he came with an irresistible, dream candidate profile: a plainspoken veteran and man of the people who was ready to change careers from oyster farmer to politician.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

Their stories reveal the trade-offs of early graduation: Every semester saved in tuition is also potentially one less semester to gain the internships and connections that help launch careers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

It was a difference in approaches that would follow them throughout their careers.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

In the latest incident in Leipzig, a Volkswagen Taigo car careered from a major square in the old town down a busy pedestrian zone, travelling hundreds of metres.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

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 incident happened on the final bend of the men's keirin semi-finals as the two riders careered over the barriers at a speed of about 35mph at the track in Dudenhofen, western Germany.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2025

Having gone undefeated in the opening 16 league matches, Celtic careered into troubled waters with some stodgy performances preceding successive defeats by Kilmarnock and Hearts this month.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2023

A bus careered past and sprayed us with a fountain of rust-brown puddle water, drenching us.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

Being closer, or watching from the air, doesn’t diminish the awe one feels watching the waves, and the bodies within them, careering toward the Portuguese beach.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

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

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

Early in the Premier League game between Sheffield United and Brighton last month, the Sheffield United defender Mason Holgate went careering into Kaoru Mitoma, Brighton’s dazzling winger.

From New York Times Mar. 1, 2024

She tilted the round thing backwards and forwards, and in the sunlight the disc and its letters went careering madly inside the box.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers




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