Example Sentences

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It looked as if Tao’s battery-run vehicle had careered out of control.

From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2015

The vehicle had careered out of control before crashing into the Millennium Hotel in George Square.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2014

He believed the bale was jammed against the wire fence, but when he looked a minute later it had vanished and he saw it had careered down to the road.

From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2011

The bold alcayde of Ronda, Hamet el Zegri, had careered wide over the Campina of Utrera, encompassing the flocks and herds, when he heard the burst of war at a distance.

From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Irving, Washington

That the jumper had careered out so far into the flats was because of its velocity alone.

From The Wolf's Long Howl by Waterloo, Stanley