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headlong

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


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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

But instead, Tatum became the ultimate test of O’Malley’s fix-it-fast approach—by diving headlong into rehab to return before the playoffs in true All-Star form.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

“It looks like they’re running headlong into a brick wall,” Valatsas said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

But the audaciousness is always in service of capturing the headlong rush of new love, the characters as giddy as the filmmaking.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

Like a comet it bursts into a streamer of smoke and falls headlong.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque




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