Example Sentences

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The driver was arrested after the vehicle careered from a main square down a major city centre street, close to historic sites.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

"The jury and the organisers have decided to stop the race," they said as Austria's Nina Ortlieb and Marte Monsen of Norway had also careered off-piste.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

It comes after an inquest found the deaths of four teenage boys could have been avoided when their car careered off a road during a camping trip in Wales last year.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

What is unclear is why the bus left the flyover on a downhill stretch of the road and careered through a guard rail and metal barrier.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2023

A bus careered past and sprayed us with a fountain of rust-brown puddle water, drenching us.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman