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breakneck

[breyk-nek] / ˈbreɪkˌnɛk /


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This breakneck tech rally still has legs—and it’s driving the stock market higher.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

A crew of more than 450 people shoot on a breakneck production schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Frontier models can be applied to an infinite range of problems, we don’t fully understand them, and new capabilities ship at a breakneck pace.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

“The contrast between the slow grind lower in March and the subsequent breakneck rally highlights the U.S. equity market’s pronounced right-tail asymmetry and its longer-term progression toward a more bubble-like regime,” they said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

He raced down the road at breakneck speed, careening around the hairpin turns, whooping at the top of his lungs all the way to the river and across the bridge.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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