How to Use veer off course in a Sentence
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Some pumpkins veer off course and soak their skippers in the pond’s fountain.
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Marcus Smith,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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While a prodding journalist like me might try to get the chatbots to veer off course, the ordinary user probably won’t notice a difference.
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J.d. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2026
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Those safeguards give security leaders confidence that automation won’t veer off course.
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Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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However, given their less-advanced flight systems, the Gerberas are highly susceptible to electronic warfare, which can cause the drones to veer off course.
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Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2026
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On the frontlines in Ukraine, Russian jammers intersect communications and radio signals, leading drones to veer off course or even fall from the sky and crash.
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Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
21 Dec. 2025
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Russia, like most advanced military powers, uses electronic jamming to disrupt the signal between enemy drones and their pilots, forcing the weapons to crash or veer off course.
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Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2026
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Blue Origin had hoped to nail its first attempt at landing a booster on New Glenn’s inaugural orbital flight in January, but engines failed to reignite properly, causing the rocket to veer off course.
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Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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