career
noun
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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"I suppose Alicia has been careering about with him all day?" said Lady Niton.
From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Mrs. Humphry Ward