headlong
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They amassed enough signatures late last year to qualify their proposal for this November’s ballot, launching New England’s most populous state headlong into the debate over whether policing rent helps tenants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
Their love scene in the rain, while obviously less visually spectacular than in the film, plunges headlong into romantic cliches that manage to get the job done despite their obviousness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
Another way to gain food exposure without running headlong into U.S. consumer pressures is geographic diversification.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
Saturday's Anfield horror show at the hands of Nottingham Forest was a headlong fall into the abyss.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
It was a crowd speaking; a swirling mob that swept through and past and over him with a rapid, headlong motion, that left drifting tatters of words behind them.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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