hard-driving
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The result can be heard in songs like the hard-driving “Is It Real?” in which Hollywell roars about mental illness and divine intervention, while Santos coats it all in steel honey.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
The original movie, which was based on the best-selling 2003 novel of the same name, focused on the world of Miranda Priestly, the hard-driving, taste-making editor of the fictional Runway magazine.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
“Three for the Festival,” in the Village set, is classic Kirk: It’s a hard-driving blues that starts with a forceful piano introduction by Jane Getz.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
Sports drama “Air” casts Messina as Michael Jordan’s hard-driving agent, David Falk.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023
Janis was happy and hard-driving, a telecommunications analyst who worked downtown and was, like everyone else, completely smitten with my dad.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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