hard-driving
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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
Scott Barshay, a hard-driving corporate lawyer, takes the helm at the firm after a tumultuous year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Indeed, Deborah became a hard-driving force by mimicking the most ruthless of them.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025
The lyrics, mostly written by Sanchez, can be biting at times, as in “PSA,” a hard-driving song about white sage poaching.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024
A man in an elegant red cardinal's robe and a high lace collar stood resting against an enormous Bible and now began to lead a hard-driving hymn which the congregation shouted in the unknown tongue.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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