Verb (used without object) : The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : a sudden veer in a different direction.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : to veer chain.    From Dictionary.com. 

He was talking about McCain veering from his "Straight Talk, No-Negative" campaign strategy.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain defends his 'bearings'] Reference

The danger in veering away from that rule became apparent in a recent Canadian incident involving Telus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Enclosing the Internet, Canadian version] Reference

Then Piotage Navigator Kennedy in the nose turret observed the lead wing formations veering from the target heading.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gotha - February 24, 1944] Reference

Sometimes the pen lingered a little too long, and the flourish became an extra little flourish veering from the exercise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Doodlers-in-Chief] Reference

That's what contributed in a big way to things veering so badly off course.    From Wordnik.com.  [Traitor or Truthteller?] Reference

It goes straight north for a while, then starts veering off toward the west.    From Wordnik.com.  [Riding Off into the Sunset] Reference

Any veering away from this platform will set off vicious internal opposition.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Low Lights On The Left] Reference

But is it also an indicator of the Chinese economy veering away from socialism?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Money With Emerging Markets Consumers] Reference

"" It's a case of veering between extremes: the Jews as devils or as saints. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Strange Affair] Reference

After veering and hauling on his instrument for a short time, he brought it out.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sailor of King George] Reference

Sometimes the group's tactics are confrontational, veering into civil disobedience.    From Wordnik.com.  [ACORN Accusations] Reference

McCain knows about the risks of veering off onto the low road, or at least he should.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pilot vs. The Preacher] Reference

Now I was veering over into uncharted territory for me, into Foul Language territory.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 11] Reference

Seconds ticked past as the bear continued to climb, now veering slightly toward them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Polar Bear] Reference

"See here, Ruth," exclaimed the girl, veering suddenly about and speaking with decision.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Governess] Reference

  He looked back and saw Herschel coming over the fence and then veering off to his right.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE TICK IS FULL] Reference

(Of course, his car -- huge in comparison to the Smart -- then started veering into my lane.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Looking smart] Reference

The tired driver kept veering off the road; another passenger gave him pep talks to keep him awake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales From The Sardine Run] Reference

Zell Miller in a runoff, but his strategy of veering right on social issues seems to have backfired.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Historic Race Down South] Reference

It's definitely not the best of times, and for some, it may be veering dangerously close to the worst.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luxury For a Little Less] Reference

Upon this, came one of those veering lists of the ballast aboard which are so disconcerting to the author.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference

On Tuesday there was an east wind, veering south, with showers, and his boots were laced, but not polished.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ideala] Reference

In his comments before the queen, he issued a warning about the dangers of a society veering from divine belief.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Britain, pope expresses 'sadness' over abuse scandal] Reference

Courts can't police the accuracy of every public comment without veering into censorship -- real and threatened.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tax On Free Speech] Reference

Stay alert for sudden moves by other drivers ahead of you, which may indicate they are veering to avoid a hazard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pack up all your cares and, 'Whoa, what was that?'] Reference

I was first asked several questions respecting coming to an anchor, mooring, tacking, veering, and taking in sail.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sailor of King George] Reference

Soon everyone was doing beautifully, swooping down on each other and veering away just in time to avoid a collision.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz] Reference

They've been diversifying, sponsoring Olympic teams and veering off into sandals and other designs, trying to fool us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Make. It. Stop.] Reference

Let's say you are on a two-lane highway and a distracted motorist is veering toward you, poised for a head-on collision.    From Wordnik.com.  [No flash-to-pass for Cadillac CTS, part 2] Reference

He loves that it's not matchy-matchy and that it manages to be "goddess of the sea" without veering into costume territory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 4 Recap: That Darn Hat] Reference

If the United States appears to be gradually veering toward imposing the '67 borders, it risks continuation of the conflict.    From Wordnik.com.  [What We Can Do] Reference

The performance is well paced and manages (most of the time) to hit the whimsical tone it's aiming for without veering into twee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Theater review of 'Separated at Birth' at Mead Theatre Lab] Reference

From five-kilometer to 100-kilometer races, runners in growing numbers are veering off concrete onto dirt, grass, rock and gravel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Marathons Even Tougher] Reference

The president expanded on an analysis that he and national-security adviser Condoleezza Rice have been veering toward for several months.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush's Really Good Idea] Reference

With the Vatican and its appellants veering between denials and apologies, the issue becomes not so much the original act, as the cover-up.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Churchgate': The Scandal That Won't Go Away] Reference

So it's troubling to see him veering off course again with a new proposal to boost American exports by cracking down on imports from China.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tire-d Old Trade Policies] Reference