You therefore conclude that careen is not a mis-pronunciation of career. From Wordnik.com. [The meaning of “careening” « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Given that what people mean when they say careen is defined precisely by career, it seems clear when people say careen they mean career. From Wordnik.com. [The meaning of “careening” « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Some even careen down the embankment into the woods. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: Atlanta Police Officer Injured While Directing Traffic in Wintry Weather - January 23, 2000] Reference
This caused her moon to wobble and careen into view. From Wordnik.com. [Faun & Games]
We're going to careen from one threat to another threat. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2001] Reference
Just a small base where we can careen and refit our ships. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
They were supposed to careen down into the chasm in these?. From Wordnik.com. [Demons Don't Dream]
Now to Somalia, which seems only to careen farther into chaos. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 31, 2009] Reference
It happens all the time in politics, and yet we careen back and forth. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2008] Reference
We will certainly see as we careen toward the Congressional spring recess. From Wordnik.com. [New Buzz: Health Care Security on Meet the Press. Will it work and will the messenger be successful?] Reference
He had just entered among the trees, when he saw the hound careen past him. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
Sometimes its interesting to watch controversy careen in unexpected directions. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Franken: Harry Reid the Colorist] Reference
I fall a LOT, and every time I leave a room, I careen directly into the doorjamb. From Wordnik.com. [luvabeans Diary Entry] Reference
BARKER: Wherever there is even the slightest of hills, cars careen out of control. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2007] Reference
It afterwards became necessary to careen her, whence they made three islands, called. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
You really seem to careen madly from one side to the other in your criticisms of him. From Wordnik.com. [New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman Endorses Obama, Giving Him More Senators Than Hillary] Reference
Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused this bus to careen off of that bridge. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2007] Reference
As the characters careen after career goals or new lovers, the predictions of a fortune teller intrude. From Wordnik.com. [Woody Allen on Death, Love and Financial Backing] Reference
Markets were jittery in May and June as debt problems in Greece and Spain threatened to careen out of control. From Wordnik.com. [Stocks surge on news from manufacturers, European banks] Reference
In the excitement, of course, all crowded to one side of the small craft, which caused it to careen alarmingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar] Reference
This is you, 6 yrs later, on a snowy wintery road, in Connecticut, about to careen into an oversize Tractor Trailor. From Wordnik.com. [wendchymes Diary Entry] Reference
The canoe was being swept backward, stern first, and the crocodile swam close, nosing it, making it careen perilously. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old] Reference
The boys gathered, and they began to careen him across the field — kicking his belly, his arms, sending him spinning. From Wordnik.com. [The Laughing Buddha] Reference
The result is a confused public and nearly incoherent government policies that careen back and forth like a drunk after last call. From Wordnik.com. [Will This Phone Kill You?] Reference
That's a question to which SAG seems to have no convincing answers, and thus we careen towards a possible strike for no good reason. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Handel: Report: SAG Strike Would Have No Immediate Credit Impact on Entertainment Conglomerates] Reference
Like countless others, I never quite got there, and continue to this winter to careen down mountains in complete awe of my superiors. From Wordnik.com. [Kelly O'Reilly: Burton Tapped to Design Uniforms for the 2010 U.S. Snowboarding Team] Reference
It will be hard to balance yourself at first, and you will careen uneasily one way or the other; no matter, you will get over it somehow. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861] Reference
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