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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of careen.

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Examples

  • Well I think they blew it using the word careened ... not a common word for rural Virginia but otherwise a good ad.

    New Obama Ad Hammers McCain's Shaky Leadership Amid Crisis 2009

  • As for "careened," you'd be surprised at the words that pop up in the Appalachian vocabulary.

    New Obama Ad Hammers McCain's Shaky Leadership Amid Crisis 2009

  • Now, we don't know exactly what happened with the driver of this vehicle as to why he kind of careened off -- he or she careened off the road hitting this gas line.

    CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2007 2007

  • In the past month, McCain's response to the crisis has "careened," sometimes changing course within the span of a single day and this past spring, he offered three different housing plans after admitting that he didn't anticipate the housing crisis.

    D-Day 2008

  • In the few seconds it took them to realize what was happening, the truck had careened into the rear of the van with such impact that it sent the smaller vehicle hurtling like a grisly billiard shot straight at the pedestrians standing on the five-lane highway.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • Her own breath was coming in taut little sighing gasps as her pulse careened wildly out of control.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • He careened full force into his singer and the drum kit more than once.

    Binky Philips: The Damned at CBGB: The Night Punk Was Officially Born in the USA Binky Philips 2010

  • She careened into the library parking lot and screeched to a stop.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • He careened full force into his singer and the drum kit more than once.

    Binky Philips: The Damned at CBGB: The Night Punk Was Officially Born in the USA Binky Philips 2010

  • The car spun counterclockwise, slid down the track, and careened wildly across the infield grass, bringing out a caution flag that froze the field.

    Wild Ride 2010

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