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

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

Early in the Premier League game between Sheffield United and Brighton last month, the Sheffield United defender Mason Holgate went careering into Kaoru Mitoma, Brighton’s dazzling winger.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2024

To his astonishment and terror, and lasting delight, Sam saw a vast shape crash out of the trees and come careering down the slope.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien