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

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

Pecola lost her balance and was about to careen to the floor.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 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

It never feels like Brooks has a grasp on the material, which careens aimlessly through Ella’s harried day-to-day in a handsomely bland, serviceable style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

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

The pole careens sharply forward, toppling at an angle against the wall of the building.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

He was in the back seat of a Land Rover when it careened over an embankment and plunged down a hill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Bass has never lost an election and won’t easily fold, even as her first term has careened from one crisis to another.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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

But inside the car, I steadily fed it power as I careened into the seemingly endless Turn 3, and felt it practically eat up asphalt through a slightly winding Turn 9.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

We careened out of the Lincoln Tunnel and back into the rainstorm, people and monsters tossed around the bus, cars plowed aside like bowling pins.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

Julianne Moore is a consensus pick for her careening high-wire act as an overlooked housewife discovering a life in the theater in “The Debut.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

MLB is careening toward what is expected to be a ferocious labor fight this winter that could result in missed games for the first time since the player strike that canceled the 1994 World Series.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

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

It came careening down Borton Street, emitting great clouds of black smoke.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo