breakneck

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The memory-chip market is growing at breakneck speed, driving big gains for Micron Technology stock.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Both players showcased their preference for first-strike tennis, knocking lumps out of the ball from the baseline, in a high-level contest played at breakneck speed.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Going forward, he added, there is every reason to think that stocks can keep on rising, if not at their recent breakneck pace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Frontier models can be applied to an infinite range of problems, we don’t fully understand them, and new capabilities ship at a breakneck pace.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 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