glaring typo

[Robert Hartwell Fiske]

The correct word is careened. The train tilted. ... Not that many people
observe this distinction.



Robert Hartwell Fiske
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The Vocabula Review
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In a message dated 11/28/2009 6:05:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM writes:

Yeah,  looks right to me.

JL

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Benjamin  Barrett
<gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

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>  My Mac dictionary has
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> move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way  in a specified direction : the
car
> careered across the road and went  through a hedge.
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> BB
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> On Nov 28, 2009, at 2:25  PM, Kathleen M. Ward wrote:
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> > 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:
> >
>  >>
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >>  (http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/28/russia-derailment.html)
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