breakneck

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But calibrated, not breakneck, expansion appears to be factored into the business projections.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

In the announcement, OpenAI cited a series of user metrics pointing to a breakneck pace of AI adoption.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

And if they had, it was quickly overshadowed by something else in our breakneck news cycle, like FBI director Kash Patel chugging beer with the gold medal–winning men’s hockey team.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

China gained a stranglehold over the gallium market when it expanded its aluminum capacity at breakneck speed and included gallium production as part of alumina refining.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Compton specified that the work would have to be done at breakneck speed and that the process would have to be scalable to an industrial level.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik