Example Sentences

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The sea service is too small at 291 ships in the battle force and has been careening from one shipbuilding failure to another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Our littler sister city has been careening far ahead of us in grown-up, post-pandemic urban problems.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2023

It was a trainwreck for Kevin Durant and it was trainwreck for the state of sports in 2019, which has been careening toward some sort of reckoning for awhile now.

From Golf Digest • Jun. 11, 2019

Tesla has been careening down a treacherous road at high speed for years now.

From Slate • Oct. 25, 2018

The train has been careening down the tracks for years.

From Washington Times • Feb. 9, 2016