veer

Example Sentences

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The Swiss Air jet, carrying about 150 passengers, had just landed from Geneva and was taxiing when it veered off, the paper said.

From BBC

"For unknown reasons, the vehicle veered off the roadway, struck a concrete barrier, and became fully engulfed," the California Highway Patrol said in a statement, without identifying the two victims in the crash.

From Barron's

"For unknown reasons, the vehicle veered off the roadway, struck a concrete barrier, and became fully engulfed," the California Highway Patrol said in a statement to the BBC.

From BBC

That’s partly because the plot can veer into far-fetched territory, but also because we see the story unfold from two different viewpoints, muddling the truth.

From Los Angeles Times

A California jury in 2023 found there wasn’t a manufacturing defect in the advanced driver-assistance system of a Tesla that veered off an interstate and hit a tree outside Los Angeles in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal