is careering
- present progressive of career (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The Middle East is warming faster than much of the world, and Kuwait is careering towards unbearable temperatures.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2021
South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation and an example of U.S. intervention that officials were proud to boast about just a few years ago, is careering once again into chaos.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2016
It is as if, once it’s started up, there’s no slowing down, no stopping; the car is careering down a mountain, with no brakes.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 20, 2016
Instead, Greece is careering towards the end of June, when its bailout programme expires and it owes around €1.6bn to the International Monetary Fund.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2015
There that banner of the intelligent Karna, bearing the device of the elephant's rope, O Krishna, is seen in the midst of Yudhishthira's division, where he is careering with activity.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
