breakneck
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In the announcement, OpenAI cited a series of user metrics pointing to a breakneck pace of AI adoption.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
When we visited the set on a recent freezing afternoon in Paju city, just north of Seoul, filming was moving at breakneck speed.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
And if they had, it was quickly overshadowed by something else in our breakneck news cycle, like FBI director Kash Patel chugging beer with the gold medal–winning men’s hockey team.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026
We do witness insider White House events, like the five-hour window used to swap out all of Biden’s furniture for Trump’s, a breakneck turnaround accompanied by a panic of violins.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026
It will be a story at the mercy of this new breakneck century.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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