Example Sentences

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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

The club doesn’t intend to keep careering ahead this way forever.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 11, 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

People stopped to watch or scuttled out of his careering way.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman