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headlong

[hed-lawng, -long] / ˈhɛdˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /


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And if there were multiple smaller fires, that meant they could run headlong into a wall of flames any minute.

From Literature

It’s fun, headlong reading with a shot of melancholy.

From Los Angeles Times

Their love scene in the rain, while obviously less visually spectacular than in the film, plunges headlong into romantic cliches that manage to get the job done despite their obviousness.

From Los Angeles Times

Another way to gain food exposure without running headlong into U.S. consumer pressures is geographic diversification.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the audaciousness is always in service of capturing the headlong rush of new love, the characters as giddy as the filmmaking.

From Los Angeles Times