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Recent Examples of careen Eyewitnesses reported seeing one of the railway’s two cars derailing and careening down the street before hitting a building. Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025 There’s no word on whether the careening bullet train will allow for drag queen fashion and performance challenges typical of the Drag Race TV series. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025 Of their 26 games, 20 are against teams with winning records while three are against the pesky Marlins and three are against the careening Nationals. Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025 That corpse and everything pertaining to it turns into the film’s Achille’s heel, producing a hazy mystery that gets lost amid the chaos of careening and colliding side stories. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for careen
Recent Examples of Synonyms for careen
Verb
  • To make for a more energy efficient and less nerve-racking exodus experience, once the line grows large enough, pulsing begins, wherein vehicles move in packs rather than lurch along at 5 mph.
    Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The title track opens the affair by lurching and creeping forward for ten minutes with odd, off-putting lyrics.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Roughly two-thirds of the state’s billionaires made their fortunes in finance and investments, including richest resident (former NYC mayor) Michael Bloomberg, who’s worth staggering $109 billion.
    Ella Malmgren, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Losing Garcia for any length of time would further stagger an Astros pitching staff that can ill afford any more attrition.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There were quick glimpses of a Monty Mole burrowing underground, Cheep Cheeps swimming in a stream and Toads scurrying around the castle.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The older dog is shown marching along, while the puppy scurries along, attempting to match its pace.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Massie and Spartz were the remaining two to vote against the rule, but leadership did not attempt to sway them to a yes.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Moving Hallway The walls will tilt, sway, expand and compress as visitors pass through a narrow hallway.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Aliée Istanbul All of the hotels bordering the Bosphorus have an impressive view of the boats weaving through the river’s currents and the Asian half of Istanbul on the other side.
    Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Our Top Picks for the Best Bedroom Rugs Solid rugs can bring a pop of color into your bedroom and weave in texture at the same time.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Anduril highlights that the architecture also speeds software updates.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The worst issue is that The Portal, with changes meant to speed up progression, allegedly, launched giving everyone less powerful drops, making the new power climb ridiculous.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Frazier came out of his corner in the 14th all but blind, rocking on unsteady legs.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Speaking of politics, singer and forty-ish America’s Got Talent standout from good ol’ Indiana, Adam Lambert, far right below, has been rocking a full-on Byzantine Empire surcoat/suit outfit for some time now.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But a ship arrived and everyone hurried aboard without understanding a word of what the greeter was saying.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Some people never even showed, despite me calling them repeatedly to hurry up.
    Jack Hargreaves, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Careen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/careen. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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