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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
careen .
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Examples
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It takes a while to get used to the multimedia format of Shylock as the film careens from the stage to the street, from an actor soliloquizing in a theatre's grand salon to the actor doubling as Shylock and Tubal as the two characters argue with each other in a backstage dressing room.
George Heymont: Brush Up Your Shakespeare! (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010
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It takes a while to get used to the multimedia format of Shylock as the film careens from the stage to the street, from an actor soliloquizing in a theatre's grand salon to the actor doubling as Shylock and Tubal as the two characters argue with each other in a backstage dressing room.
George Heymont: Brush Up Your Shakespeare! (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010
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No sooner does one minivan full of girl scouts slam into the pile of wrecked humanity and metal, then an SUV full of hungover beauty pageant runners-up careens right in behind it.
Archive 2010-05-01 2010
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For example, one of the grand challenges will be feeding the world population as it careens toward 9 billion or more.
John Sauer: New Approaches: A View from Aspen Environment Forum 2011 John Sauer 2011
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No sooner does one minivan full of girl scouts slam into the pile of wrecked humanity and metal, then an SUV full of hungover beauty pageant runners-up careens right in behind it.
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The small town grasper careens off into lala land.
Palin to step down as governor, not seeking re-election 2009
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For example, one of the grand challenges will be feeding the world population as it careens toward 9 billion or more.
John Sauer: New Approaches: A View from Aspen Environment Forum 2011 John Sauer 2011
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For example, one of the grand challenges will be feeding the world population as it careens toward 9 billion or more.
John Sauer: New Approaches: A View from Aspen Environment Forum 2011 John Sauer 2011
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But Helen careens around the corner, narrowly missing an old man on a bicycle as she swerves to avoid an oncoming bus.
The Snatchback 2009
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For example, one of the grand challenges will be feeding the world population as it careens toward 9 billion or more.
John Sauer: New Approaches: A View from Aspen Environment Forum 2011 John Sauer 2011
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