breakneck

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In their past two meetings with Celtic they had started slowly, but now they were moving at breakneck pace.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 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

We do witness insider White House events, like the five-hour window used to swap out all of Biden’s furniture for Trump’s, a breakneck turnaround accompanied by a panic of violins.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

Ahead of them, at breakneck speed, they drove a cow.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson