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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

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

This would lead to the creation of the Wacky Soap Box Racers, in which the makeshift cars would careen through painted facades of cartoon-ish animals cheering on the guests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

Jinny could do nothing but clutch the buzzing frame of dripping honey as she watched Ess careen her way.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

“You Wished for This” careens from ponderous ambience to shredded digital noise; The two parts of “Love is in the Air” recasts the yearning of a classic Hollywood love theme into a blood-soaked rictus grin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 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

A 37-year-old Oxnard man was driving the vehicle at a high rate of speed when he turned to the right, ran off the roadway, slammed off a rock and careened down a cliff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

That’s why Vonn was even racing on Jan. 30 in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, when she careened off course and ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 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

Juan’s band careened into another chorus on her headphones.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

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

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

Then, one of the lights morphed into the looming shape of a helicopter, careening into view and growing larger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

The 77-year-old missed a bend on his bike on his way home from the supermarket on a lonely road in the mountainous Cevennes region, careening down a rocky slope and into the ravine near Saint-Julien-des-Points.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

I leave Adam, Kim, and Willow in the lobby and I just start careening through the hospital.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman