careen

It’s not a fussy place, with bright lighting and no candles, an environment in which toddlers could, in theory, careen around.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

While recording in a park one evening, Jack picks up the sound of a car tire exploding before he sees the vehicle careen off the road and into a creek.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 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

Now when he hits the gas, we lurch forward, making sawdust of the little tree, and careen away from the school, leaving gawking people, and frustrated soldiers who don’t seem to be following us.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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

He careens down the sheet of ice at 50 miles per hour, uses one of the final turns as a launchpad, flies out of the bob run and over a ski chalet to safety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 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

While Cranston is not playing himself — although, he has on other occasions — he does strip himself of all vanity to portray Griffin Mill losing his ever-loving mind as he careens through the Venetian.

From Salon ● May 15, 2025

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

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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

Since the wreckage of the 2007-09 recession, when the Dow careened below 6600, the American economy has zoomed past its rich counterparts to become far larger than that of the European Union.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 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

Clara had taken a few cautious steps toward the door, unsure of whether she ought to make a scene or just blend in, when something careened straight into her, knocking her to the floor.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Among other problems, the Eel River Canyon’s unstable geology is notorious for landslides that sent train cars careening into the water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 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

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

“Vivien’s Wild Ride” is far less frantic than advertised, though one of the first things we see is from the point of view of a camera careening down one of San Francisco’s trademark hills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

A moment later he’s bounding into the kitchen fully dressed, as if he’d pulled on his clothes while careening down the steep wooden staircase of our drafty Victorian house.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman