glaring typo

[Kathleen M. Ward]

Could this use of "career" be an instance of the OED's second meaning
for the verb, "to gallop, run or move at full speed"?



On Nov 28, 2009, at 1:54 PM, David Barnhart wrote:

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> Officials say three carriages of the 14-car Nevsky Express,
> travelling from
> Moscow to St. Petersburg, careered off the tracks Friday night as
> the train
> approached speeds of 200 km/h in a rural area.
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> (http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/28/russia-derailment.html)
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