career
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In 1967, Pillay became the first woman to start a law practice in Natal Province, South Africa, beginning a decadeslong career in which she has presided over both criminal and civil cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
She said he had been an "excellent" police officer who had been commended and nominated for a bravery award during his career.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
His acting career was highlighted by a Drama-Logue Award and a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award nomination for his lead role in “Camille.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Just because you cannot mimic your friends’ career paths doesn’t mean your own is set in stone.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
But while in the past she’d been a civilian working on the edges of the military, now she made a positive decision to follow a military career herself.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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We’ve spent our entire political careers in different camps.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
They pay their bills on time and have good careers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
The role was created after growing interest from both parents and pupils, many of whom are asking how AI will affect future careers.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Next came the Daytime Emmy-winning TV series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” which ran from 1986 through 1990 and helped kick-start the careers of now well-known stars including Phil Hartman, Laurence Fishburne and S. Epatha Merkerson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
I’ve been a vice president at a hospital and the director of a nonprofit that helps young people build meaningful careers.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Two systems that could have slowed an Amazon Air flight that crashed in Miami over the weekend weren’t deployed before the plane careered off a runway and crashed into nearby vehicles, investigators said late Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Their running total of transfer fees long since careered past the £25m mark.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
As to why the ride careered off the rails, McCullum gave us a clue on his very first day in the job.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
In the latest incident in Leipzig, a Volkswagen Taigo car careered from a major square in the old town down a busy pedestrian zone, travelling hundreds of metres.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
There was a loud splintering of shafts as the horse careered onwards, trailing in its wake reins, tracers and shattered timber.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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Being closer, or watching from the air, doesn’t diminish the awe one feels watching the waves, and the bodies within them, careering toward the Portuguese beach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
The accident, which saw the picture-postcard 19th-century Gloria tramway hurtle into a building after careering off the rails, shocked the Portuguese capital, laying bare fears over the safety of the popular yet ageing tourist attraction.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
Both aircraft were sent careering into the icy Potomac River on Wednesday night.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025
Only after that point could turmoil begin: It was shattered by an impact and shifted outward to the asteroid belt, where subsequent impacts would have formed the Athor family and sent some careering toward Earth.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 16, 2024
Almost before Min had finished speaking, he was flying down the road with the cart careering crazily before him.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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