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are careering

  • present progressive of career.

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And it certainly isn’t worth saying now, as we are careering toward a certain loss.

From New York Times Feb. 24, 2021

“We are careering towards disaster on all fronts — whether it’s agriculture, pollution, soil, water, pesticides. The human race is hellbent on destruction,” he says.

From The Verge May 11, 2018

What foolish fancies are careering through his hot brain!

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda

Click-clack--click-clack--precipice and ravine lie behind us, and we are careering along a delightful road shaded by huge walnut-trees.

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip

For above an hour we glide on over the yellow, clayey, strongly agitated fresh water, until at length the boundary is passed, and we are careering over the salt waves of the sea. 

From A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy by Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William)