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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

The more worrisome sign came when the bond market began to careen off the edge.

From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2025

I felt my brain screech to a halt, like a cartoon character about to careen off a cliff.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate

And the plot careens from one incident to the next, sometimes landing on a random sight gag or odd digression.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

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

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

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

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

Two Step yelled as he careened into her and they both tumbled backward in the saddle.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

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

The sea service is too small at 291 ships in the battle force and has been careening from one shipbuilding failure to another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 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

And the chance to put this one to the test had arrived, for Penelope was already careening toward the intersection.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood