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breakneck

[breyk-nek] / ˈbreɪkˌnɛk /


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Propping up breakneck delivery speeds are gig workers scrambling to hit deadlines.

From BBC

Not caution to the wind, but ambition and daring and breakneck speed.

From BBC

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

That, combined with the stronger dollar, also sent oil prices plunging at breakneck speed.

From Barron's

“Crucible” is a sprawling, mural-like novel that engages with the process, the spirit and especially the conflicts of breakneck industrial progress.

From The Wall Street Journal