careering
- present participle of career.
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
With this show, the director “takes an established musical by the scruff of the neck and sends it careering into the modern day,” Wolf added.
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2024
“Look, aeroplanes!” said Michael, as they stopped before a window in which toy aeroplanes were careering through the air on wires.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
