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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
career .
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Examples
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The D301 careered into the stalled train, sending six carriages off the tracks.
China's Train Wreck 2011
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Yet his subsequent existence as a freelance engineer was no less intense, as he careered across America with noted bon viveur Robert Palmer, ate opium with John Martyn and emerged from making two Talk Talk albums in total darkness with both his sanity and marriage somehow intact.
Life in the recording studio with Led Zep, Bob Marley and many more 2011
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Models careered between fake gothic arches wearing corsets, PVC leggings, black tailoring with pinched, exaggerated shoulders and raccoon fur sleeves.
Paris fashion week turns to Lady Gaga – and a quiet Belgian 2011
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On Wednesday Carles Puyol, nudged out of play at high speed by Angel Di María, remembered to uproot the corner flag as he careered past, having calculated in a micro‑second that the already‑in‑place Di María would be prevented from taking a quick throw with the pitch thus dismembered.
Ten ways to satisfy your constant craving for El Clásico | Barney Ronay 2011
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He also filmed on board the ship as it careered through a set of rapids.
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So I was nonplussed when I switched on, a little late, to hear that after one hole McIlroy's four-shot lead had been halved, and the first shot I saw him play careered into a bunker.
Why it was all or nothing for Rory McIlroy at the Masters 2011
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The one, half-amphibian, breasting the water with muscular arms, could not hope to overtake or escape an enemy who propelled a fire-hollowed tree trunk by means of a wooden paddle; nor could the other, trusting to his own nimbleness, compete with a foe who careered wildly across the plain on the back of a half-broken stallion.
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Germany's fourth goal was all too much for Fähle-Hedge, who careered through his dejected rivals 'room, arms aloft, before disappearing out the door.
Soccer fans from England, Germany didn't forget to pack their allegiances 2010
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Germany's fourth goal was all too much for Fähle-Hedge, who careered through his dejected rivals 'room, arms aloft, before disappearing out the door.
Soccer fans from England, Germany didn't forget to pack their allegiances Michael Savage 2010
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"I'm not a bad driver considering I only started learning three days ago," she said as we careered backwards and then jumped forwards in third gear.
Wales: a cross-country adventure on horseback Alexandra Buxton 2010
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