careen

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

Even the slightest misstep made me feel like I was about to careen out of control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 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

Her sounds careen and resonate in avant-garde ways that feel primal, even tectonic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

The brick window ledge of the windowsill cut into my hands as the fire escape fell away to careen to the ground.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

My insides go in one direction while my body careens forward, and I grasp the seat as we start to slow down.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

The Truman on the same deployment careened into a civilian ship, generating another report, which mentions issues such as ship watch standers “in a two-section rotation with only 60% manning, leading to excessive fatigue.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

But Vonn careened into the fence last Friday and revealed on Tuesday that she had torn the ACL in her left knee—the one that wasn’t surgically repaired.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 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

She grabbed for it, pulling herself across it, hanging on as it careened wildly down the river.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

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

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

His pivotal at-bat Tuesday initially appeared to be careening toward a similar conclusion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

Shirt, cap, overcoat, Ignatius put them on blindly and ran into the hall, careening against the narrow walls.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole