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The Chargers and Minnesota Vikings — winless cousins, if you will — were careening toward irrelevance, looking to pump the brakes on a season already spinning out of control.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2023

Both men appeared eager to downplay the idea that Washington and Beijing were careening toward confrontation, particularly over Taiwan, a self-ruled island claimed by China.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2022

That translates to an 81-win pace, which is a marked improvement over the 58-win clip they were careening toward last week.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2018

Some meteorites contain water, and don't have an excess of deuterium, and during Earth's formation, some experts hypothesize, numerous such objects - some the size of small planets - were careening around the solar system.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2010

She was what the French call a detraquee; she had enjoyed good intelligence and an active mind, but her wits had left the rails and were careening about the country.

From Father and Son: a study of two temperaments by Gosse, Edmund