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headlong

[hed-lawng, -long] / ˈhɛdˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /


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Expectations for a deal that establishes guardrails on AI are low on both sides, which continue to drive a headlong race toward potentially unfathomable intelligence capabilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

After his electoral defeat in 1912, Candice Millard writes in “The River of Doubt,” Roosevelt “sought to purge his disappointment by throwing himself headlong against the cruelest trials that nature could offer him.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

A headlong drive for efficiency cut the average time needed to assemble a “Liberty Ship” freighter from around eight months shortly after Pearl Harbor to barely one month by 1945.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

But the race to deploy AI agents is running headlong into a scramble for the chips and energy needed to power them.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

She was still thinking about it and muttering to herself as she bumped headlong into one of the pirates.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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